“DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Oh Lord Jesus, deepen in us our knowledge of you. You have made the first lines of your likeness upon our character; go on with this work of sacred art until we shall be like you in all respects. We wish that we had greater power in private prayer, that we were more often wrestling with the covenant angel. We long for the Word of God to be more sweet to us, more intensely precious—that we had a deeper hunger and thirst after it. Oh, that our knowledge of the truth was more clear and our grip of it more steadfast.
Teach us, oh Lord, to know the reason of the hope that is in us, and to be able to defend the faith against all objections. Plow deep in us, great Lord; and let the roots of your grace strike into the roots of our being, until it shall be no longer I who live, but “Christ that who in me.”
Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

‘But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.’ (2 Peter 3:18)

There cannot be any grace at all except as we know Christ, and there can be no growth in grace except as we grow in our knowledge of Christ. We may always test whether we are growing by this question: Do I know more of Christ today than I did yesterday? Do I live nearer to Christ today than I did a little while ago? For increase in the knowledge of Christ is the evidence as well as the cause of true growth in grace.”

It’s hard to believe Charles Spurgeon was only 57 when he entered into glory. He did so much in his abbreviated lifetime, more so than what most do who live way longer. But this is an example of why he is the prince of preachers.

May these words go deep into your heart and soul and resonate as they remind you of the hope that is yours in Christ Jesus.