DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Our Father, your children who know you delight themselves in your presence. We are never happier than when we are near you. We have found a little heaven in prayer. It has eased our load to tell you of its weight; it has relieved our wound to tell you of its pain; it has restored our spirit to confess to you its wanderings. There is no place like the mercy seat for us.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard.” (Psalm 19:3)
Every man may hear the voices of the stars. Many are the languages of people on the earth, to stars there is but one, and that one may be understood by every willing mind. The lowest heathen are without excuse if they do not discover the invisible things of God in the works which he has made. Sun, moon, and stars are God’s traveling preachers; they are apostles upon their journey confirming those who regard the Lord, and judges on circuit condemning those who worship idols.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Read Spurgeon’s hope-filled final message
Shortly before his death, Spurgeon delivered a message titled The Greatest Fight in the World, in which he expressed his confidence in God’s Word alone for the Christian life and the Christian ministry.
I read The Greatest Fight for the first time last year and was so encouraged by Spurgeon’s confidence in God — the kind of confidence that perseveres, even in the face of death.
Today, more than 100 years after his death, Spurgeon’s final message can encourage us to stay faithful to God’s Word as we trust in Christ alone to keep us to the end. I know that it will encourage you, so I hope you’ll grab a copy.