PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH (BY SPURGEON)
Father, save any who will gather with our church this weekend who remain unreconciled to their God. Touch now, with your sacred finger, some careless heart that may be using even the house of God as a place for the gratification of curiosity, desiring no spiritual gift whatsoever; yet will you be pleased to lay your hand upon that heart, and make it feel that God is near; and may conscience say, “Be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you.” And, oh, that there might not be the power to put aside that kingdom; but may the conscience now be so touched, and girded with strength, that the will may submit, and the judgment yield, and the affections bow, that God may reign over many a heart which before now has been a rebellious province of his domain.
Amen.
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WEEKEND LONG READ (SERMON BY SPURGEON)
Expected Proof of Professed Love
“Therefore, show them proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you.” (2 Corinthians 8:24)
Where there is true love in the heart it becomes a working principle. It does not lie dormant, but it works— works abundantly. It is a vital principle, and where there is life there is movement, and a measure of activity. It is a principle that grows, and out of its growth there comes fruit. For these reasons, and in these ways, true believers give sure proofs of the love that is in their hearts.
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