Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Tuesday July 7, 2020 |
Morning Time: 2:52 AM PST
"Brethren, pray for us." --1 Thessalonians 5:25
This one morning in the year we reserved to refresh the reader's memory upon
the subject of prayer for ministers, and we do most earnestly implore every
Christian household to grant the fervent request of the text first uttered by an
apostle and now repeated by us. Brethren, our work is Solemnly momentous,
involving weal or woe to thousands; we treat with souls for God on eternal
business, and our word is either a savour of life unto life, or of death unto
death. A very heavy responsibility rests upon us, and it will be no small mercy
if at the last we be found clear of the blood of all men. As officers in
Christ's army, we are the especial mark of the enmity of men and devils; they
watch for our halting, and labour to take us by the heels. Our sacred calling
involves us in temptations from which you are exempt, above all it too often
draws us away from our personal enjoyment of truth into a ministerial and
official consideration of it. We meet with many knotty cases, and our wits are
at a non plus; we observe very sad backslidings, and our hearts are wounded; we
see millions perishing, and our spirits sink. We wish to profit you by our
preaching; we desire to be blest to your children; we long to be useful both to
saints and sinners; therefore, dear friends, intercede for us with our God.
Miserable men are we if we miss the aid of your prayers, but happy are we if we
live in your supplications. You do not look to us but to our Master for
spiritual blessings, and yet how many times has He given those blessings through
His ministers; ask then, again and again, that we may be the earthen vessels
into which the Lord may put the treasure of the gospel. We, the whole company of
missionaries, ministers, city missionaries, and students, do in the name of
Jesus beseech you
"BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US."
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