May 24 Morning Devotional | Your Cold Prayers | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, May 24 | “Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer.” —Psalm 66:20 (NASB)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: Psalm 66:16-20 (NASB)

Come and hear, all who fear God,
And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.
I cried to Him with my mouth,
And He was extolled with my tongue.
If I regard wickedness in my heart,
The Lord will not hear;
But certainly God has heard;
He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer
Nor His lovingkindness from me.

Devotional Video Transcript:

In looking back upon the character of our prayers, if we do it honestly, we shall be filled with wonder that God has ever answered them. There may be some who think their prayers worthy of acceptance — as the Pharisee did; but the true Christian, in a more enlightened retrospect, weeps over his prayers, and if he could retrace his steps he would desire to pray more earnestly.

Remember, Christian, how cold your prayers have been. When in your closet you should have wrestled as Jacob did; but instead, your petitions have been faint and few — far removed from that humble, believing, persevering faith, which cries, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” (Genesis 32:26) Yet, wonderful to say, God has heard these cold prayers of yours, and not only heard them but answered them.

Reflect also, how infrequent have been your prayers, unless you have been in trouble, and then you have gone often to the mercy seat: but when deliverance has come, where has been your constant supplication? Yet, notwithstanding you have ceased to pray as you once did, God has not ceased to bless. When you have neglected the mercy seat, God has not deserted it, but the bright light of the Shekinah has always been visible between the wings of the cherubim. Oh, it is marvelous that the Lord should regard those intermittent spasms of importunity which come and go with our necessities. What a God is he thus to hear the prayers of those who come to him when they have pressing wants, but neglect him when they have received a mercy; who approach him when they are forced to come, but who almost forget to address him when mercies are plentiful and sorrows are few.

Let his gracious kindness in hearing such prayers touch our hearts, so that we may henceforth be found “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.” (Ephesians 6:18)

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