December 31: Ending the Year in Prayer
Editor’s Note – Spurgeon gives a passionate plea to his church to continue in prayer, noting the blessings in prayer they have received! What a great encouragement to us to …
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December 30: The Blessing of Prayer
Charles Spurgeon “Pray without ceasing,” for you want a blessing on all the work you are doing. Is it common work? “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that …
Read More December 29: Why Pray?
Charles Spurgeon WHY SHOULD WE OBEY THIS PRECEPT? Of course we should obey it because it is of divine authority; but, moreover, we should attend to it because the Lord always …
Read More December 28: Despairing of Prayer?
Charles Spurgeon Beloved brother, say unto thy soul, thus-“here have I come to the throne of grace to worship God and seek his blessing, and I am not going away …
Read More December 27: Indolence and Indifference
Charles Spurgeon We must, dear friends, in order to pray without ceasing, strive against indolence in prayer. I believe that no man loves prayer until the Holy Spirit has taught him the …
Read More December 26: Are we too busy for prayer?
Charles Spurgeon Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That also is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time. You remember Luther’s remark, “I have …
Read More December 25: Thankful for the Joy of Christmas!
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10 Regardless of what day …
Read More December 24: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel,And ransom captive Israel,That mourns in lonely exile here,Until the Son of God appear.Rejoice! Rejoice! EmmanuelShall come to thee, O Israel. On this, the day before …
Read More December 23: Preventing Unneccessary Interruptions to Prayer
Charles Spurgeon Let us next avoid all unnecessary interruptions of every sort to our prayer. If we know that any matter, from which we can escape, has a tendency to disturb the …
Read More December 22: Preventing sinful interruptions to Prayer
Charles Spurgeon HOW CAN WE OBEY THESE WORDS? First, let us labor as much as we can to prevent all sinful interruptions. “Pray without ceasing.” Then if it be impossible to be …
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