June 24 Devotional: CH Spurgeon
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The Lord's "Much More"
Jesus said to Nicodemus: ' God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son...' (John 3)
I am deeply convinced that the necessity to pray, and to pray unceasingly, is not so much based on our desire for God as on God's desire for us. It is God's passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer.
The ultimate good in life is to treat things according to their true value. - Jonathan Edwards
Thankfully, perhaps the most brilliant facet of God’s love is patience. It is a light that shines through my darkest doubts and blackest, most cynical disbeliefs. He waits for me, his Spirit encourages me, shepherding circumstances that reveal God’s interest in a relationship with me. Once I open myself to his love I become an agent of the most powerful catalyst in the universe.
Oh God, Beautiful Father,
We confess that we are a forgetful people. We forget what it means to have you as our Father, our Lover, our Leader. We forget how great and glorious you are, how wise, how strong, how true.
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