Pray with Spurgeon: Praise God, our everlasting Father

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

We bow in adoration of your glorious and ever-beloved Name. “All the earth worships you, the everlasting Father.” Heaven radiates with your glory. If only human hearts could be as filled with reverence. May humanity’s noblest creations, whom you placed in the Garden of Eden, for whom the Savior’s blood was shed, love you with their entirety.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit.” (Psalm 51:12)

I have experienced salvation and recognized it as your own. I’ve also known the joy that comes from being saved in you, but I’ve lost it for a time. Therefore, I long for its restoration. None but God can restore this joy, but he is capable and willing to do so. This joy follows after pardon and purity. In this order, it’s safe; in any other, it’s presumptuous or delusional.

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God has called you to not fall away; and he is holding onto you.

Today’s verse of the day encouraged us to ask God for restoration and preservation. We have confidence that God would keep us to the end and preserve our faith. We know this to be true — you were saved by grace, you are being kept by grace, and one day, you will be brought home by grace.

And yet, the Bible is full of warnings to not fall away and commands to hold on. Why are we commanded to do what God has promised to do for us? What is the relationship between our persevering and his preserving?

A great book for answering questions like that is Run to Win the Prize: Perseverance in the New Testament by Tom Schreiner. This is an incredible book that will fill you with the hope of Christ and encourage you to stay faithful to him until the very end.

If you are ever worried about losing your salvation, this book will comfort you.
If you are tempted to sin, this book will challenge you.

I know this short, practical, faithful book will encourage you, so I hope you’ll grab a copy today and read it this summer.

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