On one of the last days of 2011 I read this post, and I was again reminded of the importance of starting the day with Biblical thought. This morning I read from Charles Spurgeon's Morning devotional.
Colossians 4:2 Continue in prayer
You can read the entire devotional here, but these were some statements that stood out to me.
It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred
Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in
furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing
promises. .
Here we find a wrestling
Jacob--there a Daniel who prayed three times a day--and a David
who with all his heart called upon his God. On the mountain we
see Elias; in the dungeon Paul and Silas. We have multitudes of
commands, and myriads of promises.
If He has said much about prayer,
it is because He knows we have much need of it. So deep are our
necessities, that until we are in heaven we must not cease to
pray.
Dost thou want nothing? Then, I fear thou dost not know
thy poverty. Hast thou no mercy to ask of God? Then, may the
Lord's mercy show thee thy misery! A prayerless soul is a
Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant,
the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying
saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword,
the comfort, the strength, the honour of a Christian. I
The motto
for this year must be, "Continue in prayer."
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