DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
We ask you, our Father, on this day to perfect your work within our hearts. We are saved, yet we desire to be saved from every form and degree of sin. Even sins that lie concealed within, sins we are scarcely conscious of. Should there be any trace of pride, any trace of unbelief that eludes our awareness, if there exists an attachment to the created rather than the Creator, a form of idolatry yet unrecognized, we entreat you to search us, reveal these hidden evils, and then cleanse them.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.” (Psalm 51:5)
This is not an attempt to justify himself, but rather to complete his confession. It’s as if he’s saying, “Not only have I sinned now, but I was a sinner from the very beginning.” The fountain of his life is tainted, as are its streams. His birth tendencies deviate from righteousness; he naturally leans toward forbidden things.
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Today we prayed, confessing our pride and asking God to rid us of it by exposing our sins. Pride is a particularly difficult sin, and it’s often the source of our worries. We’re depending on ourselves, rather than our God.
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