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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Our heart knows the Father’s love, for we have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, “Abba Father.” And we rejoice in the redemption of our spirits, and we expect the redemption of our bodies, when, at the coming of the Lord they too shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
O Jesus, you will bring your Israel out of Egypt, and not a hoof shall be left behind; no, not a bone, nor a piece of your elect shall be left in the hands of the adversary. We shall come out clean, delivered by him who does nothing by halves, but who on the cross said, “It is finished.” Who much more will say it on his throne: Glory be to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who has lifted us up from our ruin and condemnation, and made us new creatures, and justified us, and guaranteed us eternal life, which eternal life shall be manifested at the coming of the Lord. All glory be unto his ever blessed name forever and ever!
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.” (Psalm 1:5)
They shall stand there to be judged, but not to be acquitted. Fear shall lay hold upon them there; they shall not stand their ground; they shall flee away; they shall not stand in their own defense; for they shall blush and be covered with eternal contempt.
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