DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
O Spirit of God, we love you today, especially for residing within us. How can you dwell in such an imperfect abode? How can you make these bodies your temples? Yet, you do, and for this, your name shall be revered as long as we live.
O Lord, today we find our delight in you. Grant us faith, love, and hope, so that with these three graces, we may draw near to the Triune God. You will safeguard us, preserve us, nourish us, guide us, and bring us into alignment with the mind of God. There, you will reveal your love to us, and in the boundless, everlasting glory, you will allow us to experience and savor the joys that words cannot express.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“He chooses for us our inheritance— the pride of Jacob, whom he loves.” (Psalm 47:4)
We gladly place ourselves and our fortunes under his control, even though we may not yet see everything subjected to him. He granted his ancient people their portion, and he will do the same for us, which we eagerly desire. We submit our will, choice, and desires wholly to him. We entrust our heritage here and hereafter to him, allowing him to do with us as He pleases.
We have a portion in our Lord Jesus, that is enough for our greatest desires. Our beauty, our pride, our greatest treasure, all lies in having such a God to trust in, such a God to love us.
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