DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Oh, from the tree declare your salvation, and from the throne let it be published in proclamations of a king. “Let the peoples praise you, O God; yes, let all the peoples praise you.”
Our heart seems as if it had not anything else to ask for when it reaches to this; yet would we go back a moment and say: Lord, forgive us our sins; Lord, sanctify our persons; Lord, guide us in difficulty; Lord, supply our needs. The Lord teach us; the Lord perfect us; the Lord comfort us; the Lord make us meet for the appearing of his Son from heaven!
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“… chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient and to be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.” (1 Peter 1:1–2)
See, you are elected to a very high privilege. You are chosen by God from before the foundation of the world, out of his free favor, that you should be a sanctified, obedient, and cleansed people. Since God has chosen you to this, do not give way to the world, but gird up your loins to contend with it. Do not be carried away with every novelty; be sober. Do not be downcast and dispirited, but bravely hope.
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God is love. Three simple words that seem easy to understand, explaining a reality that we could NEVER fully appreciate. We ought to be amazed at God’s never-ending love, but we usually end up just taking it for granted. To avoid this, we have to constantly be turning to the Bible to rediscover God’s unchanging love.
To help you continue to enjoy God’s love, I put together a new book, Spurgeon on God’s Love. This book compiles twelve sermons by Spurgeon, all reflecting on the glorious reality of God’s unchanging love.
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I hope you’ll grab a copy for yourself (and another one for a friend!) and reflect on God’s love.