Verse of the Day and Prayer by Spurgeon 2/5/2025

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping your word.” (Psalm 119:9)

Young man, the Bible must be your chart and you must exercise great watchfulness that your way may be according to its directions. You must take heed to your daily life, as well as study your Bible, and you must study your Bible so that you may take heed to your daily life. With the greatest care a man will go astray if another man misleads him; with the most accurate map he will still lose his road if he does not take heed to it. The narrow way was never hit upon by chance, neither did any heedless man ever lead a holy life. We can sin without thought, we have only to neglect the great salvation and ruin our souls; but to obey the Lord and walk uprightly will need all our heart and soul and mind. Let the careless remember this.

 

DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Our Father, lead us into your truth. Teach us more of your Word; teach it to us by experience; may we have it burned into our hearts; may we know the truth not only in the letter of it but the life and spirit of it. Teach us to be holy. Oh how we long for this! We want every passion under control; we want every power and faculty bitted and held in with a bridle; no, we would have every evil tendency killed and have every holy tendency imparted. Take us, Lord, and sanctify us. We are not content with justification; we want sanctification. Make and keep us pure within, clean in motive, clean in imagination. Oh, how difficult! Make us so that our very thoughts shall be a matter of conscience, and every thought shall be brought into captivity to Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

About the Author:

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19th June 1834[1] – 31st January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, to some of whom he is known as the “Prince of Preachers.” He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day.