February 19 Devotional: CH Spurgeon
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Ezekiel 36:37
Thus saith the Lord God;
Ezekiel 36:37
Thus saith the Lord God;
Job 10:2
Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
There is a reason that supplication is the last of the four parts of the ACTS (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication). Without a recognition of who God is (adoration), and an acknowledgement of who we are (confession), and a rejoicing that we are not destroyed, but saved (thanksgiving), then our prayers become hollow, and we are not worshipping God, but asking God to worship us.
The Lenten season begins. It is a time to be with you, Lord, in a special way, a time to pray, to fast, and thus to follow you on your way to Jerusalem, to Golgotha, and to the final victory over death.
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