DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
We pray for our children, that they might be saved. Some of us can no longer pray for our children’s conversion: our prayers are heard already, but there are others who have children who vex them and grieve their hearts. O God, save sons and daughters of godly people. Let them not have to sigh over their children as Eli did, and as Samuel did; and may they see their sons and daughters become the children of the living God.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.” (Ephesians 6:2–3)
It has been observed that God frequently prospers those who have shown dutiful attention to their parents; at any rate, such children are in the right way, and we all know that the way of duty is the way of safety and happiness. On the other hand, unkindness to parents has often been remarkably punished in this life. Nothing shortens life like rebellion against parents. Absalom is a prominent instance of this general rule. Moreover, this sin is a dreadful sign of a graceless nature. He who does not love and honor his father and mother whom he has seen certainly does not love the Lord whom he has not seen.
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