DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Above all, give us spiritual help. Give us wisdom, which is profitable to get. Give us the absence of all self-seeking, and a complete yielding up of our desires to the will of God.
Help us to be as Christ was, who was not his own, but gave himself to his Father for our sins; so may we for his sake give ourselves up to do or suffer the will of our Father who is in heaven.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses.” (Matthew 6:14–15)
This enforces Christian action by limiting the power of prayer according to our obedience to the command to forgive. If we would be forgiven, we must forgive: if we will not forgive, we cannot be forgiven. This yoke is easy; this burden is light. Very sweet is it to pass by other men’s offenses against ourselves; for thus we learn how sweet it is to the Lord to pardon us.
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New Family Devotional on Matthew’s Gospel
Today, we wrapped up our Verse of the Day series on Jesus’ teaching on prayer from Matthew 6. Later this week, we’ll return to the Psalms for the Verse of the Day.
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