{"id":177,"date":"2010-09-02T07:03:01","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T11:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/?p=177"},"modified":"2015-08-27T17:00:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T21:00:19","slug":"spurgeon-devotional-would-your-zeal-grow-chill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsofmerritt.com\/wordpress\/spurgeon-devotional-would-your-zeal-grow-chill\/177","title":{"rendered":"Spurgeon on “Would your Zeal Grow Chill?” ~ 2 Minute Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Have you ever been excited about something? I just received my new iPhone 4 in the mail the other day, and the anticipation of opening the package and using my new phone got my heart racing. Only a geek would understand!
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\nAll of us have our passions – things that set our hearts to racing in anticipation. Spurgeon reminds us in this quote that our love for God should excite us as well, and it should impact everything we do.
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\nThe beautiful image of frost on the trees in winter fits well with Spurgeon’s final thought. We should make God our only object – we need to focus on Him so that our zeal would not grow cold. I’ve got a long way to go, but I thank God for the help of His Spirit.<\/p>\n

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I hope you have been blessed by this quote from Charles Spurgeon and the accompanying image taken from the Spurgeon\u00a0Daily Quotes<\/a> iPhone app. Please visit our\u00a0blog<\/a>,\u00a0twitter<\/a>, or\u00a0Facebook<\/a> page regularly and pass these posts on to friends that need an encouraging word.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever been excited about something? I just received my new iPhone 4 in the mail the other day, and the anticipation of opening the package and using my new phone got my heart racing. Only a geek would understand! All of us have our passions – things that set our hearts to racing … <\/p>\n

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