PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH (BY SPURGEON)
The entire church worships you, O God. Every heart renewed by your grace delights in adoration, and we, though the least and humblest, bow wholeheartedly in worship. Our joy in you is inexpressible.
Lord, help us to worship you not only with our lips but with our lives. May our entire beings be consumed by you, just as the fire consumed Elijah’s sacrifice, even licking up the water in the trenches. May the consuming fire of your Spirit transform our natures and glorify your name.
Amen.
ENTER TO WIN $10K FOR YOUR PASTOR
Thanks to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Spurgeon College for sponsoring the Weekend Edition. I’m so thankful that their continued partnership has made it possible to bring back the Weekend Edition!
October is Pastor Appreciation Month, and Midwestern is hosting a giveaway of $10,000 to celebrate one faithful pastor (including a $5,000 donation to the church and $5,000 towards a well-deserved family vacation for the pastor).
Plus, anyone who enters or nominates their pastor will receive a free ebook of Spurgeon the Pastor by Midwestern professor Geoff Chang.
You can nominate your pastor (or, if you are a pastor, enter yourself!) right here.
WEEKEND LONG READ (SERMON BY SPURGEON)
Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness
“The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.” (Matthew 4:16)
Darkness is an expressive type of sorrow. The mind that knows not God, knows not the heart’s best rest. There is no solace for our griefs like the gospel of Jesus Christ, and those who are ignorant of it are tossed about upon a stormy sea, without an anchorage. Glory be to God; when sorrow has brought on a midnight, grace can transform it into noon.
Read the full sermon from the Spurgeon Center for Biblical Preaching at Midwestern Seminary.
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