DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Lord, sanctify us. May your Spirit come and permeate every aspect of our being, subduing every passion and utilizing every power of our nature for obedience to God.
Come, Holy Spirit, we know you well; you have overshadowed us many times. Come, take full possession of us. As we stand here, feeling that we are right at the mercy seat, our highest prayer is for perfect holiness, complete consecration, and total cleansing from all evil. Take our hearts, heads, hands, and feet, and use us entirely for your purposes. Lord, take our resources; let us not hoard them for ourselves or spend them on ourselves. Take our abilities; let us not pursue education to gain reputation for wisdom, but may every mental achievement serve the purpose of serving you better.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble.” (Psalm 46:1)
Others vaunt their impregnable castles, placed on inaccessible rocks and secured with gates of iron, but God is a far better refuge from distress than all these, and when the time comes to carry the war into the enemy’s territories, the Lord stands his people in better stead than all the valor of legions or the boasted strength of chariot and horse. Soldiers of the cross, remember this, and count yourselves safe, and make yourselves strong in God.
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