Oct. 20
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
FROM EVERY SIN
"He shall save his people from their sins" Matt. 1:21
Lord, save me from my sins. By thy name of Jesus I am encouraged thus
to pray. Save me from my past sins, that the habit of them may not hold
me captive. Save me from my constitutional sins, that I may not be the
slave of my own weaknesses. Save me from the sins which are continually
under my eye that I may not lose my horror of them. Save me from secret
sins; sins unperceived by me from my want of light. Save me from sudden
and surprising sins: let me not be carried off my feet by a rush of
temptation. Save me, Lord, from every sin. Let not any iniquity have
dominion over me."
Thou alone canst do this. I cannot snap my own chains or slay my own
enemies. Thou knowest temptation, for thou wast tempted. Thou knowest
sin, for thou didst bear the weight of it. Thou knowest how to succor
me in my hour of conflict; thou canst save me from sinning, and save me
when I have sinned. It is promised in thy very name that thou wilt do
this, and I pray thee let me this day verify the prophecy. Let me not
give way to temper, or pride, or despondency, or any form of evil; but
do thou save me unto holiness of life, that thy name of Jesus may be
glorified in me abundantly.