DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
May we love God; may we love you, oh Savior; may we love the people of God as being members of one body in connection with you. May we love the guilty world with that love which desires its salvation and conversion; and may we love not in word only, but in deed and in truth. May we help the helpless, comfort the mourner, sympathize with the widow and fatherless, and may we be always ready to put up with wrong, to be long suffering, to be very patient, full of forgiveness, counting it a small thing that we should forgive our fellowmen since we have been forgiven of God. Lord tune our hearts to love, and then give us an inward peace, a restfulness about everything.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“so that the proven character of your faith—more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:7)
Wherever faith is found, it is the sure mark of eternal election, the sign of a blessed condition, and the forecast of a heavenly destiny. It is the eye of the renewed soul, the hand of the regenerated mind, the mouth of the new-born spirit. It is the evidence of spiritual life, the mainspring of holiness, the foundation of delight, the prophecy of glory, and the dawn of endless knowledge. If you have faith, you have infinitely more than he who has all the world and yet is destitute of faith.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Teach the wonder of God to children
The best strategy for protecting our children from false teaching is to teach them theology. Theology, properly taught, will awaken wonder and awe in any child’s heart.
A great resource for teaching theology to children (ages 7-13) is Emblems of the Infinite King. The book describes crucial, biblical doctrines about God with beautiful text and stunning illustrations. I love reading this book to my kids, but I also love reading it on my own. 🤓
Awaken your children to the wonder of God and invite them to approach his throne with fear and trembling through Emblems of the Infinite King.