This Christmas, and with the year drawing to a close, may we be reminded of some of the greatest gifts ever given: salvation, the Holy Spirit, forgiveness, and repentance. May we meditate and pray on the birth of Christ, recognize our need for Him, appreciate what He has done, and take account of what we have done this year. In recognizing our sins, may we repent in such a way that would bring glory to God our Father in 2023!

“Remember, too, that when our Lord Jesus was exalted, he not only gave us repentance by sending forth the Holy Spirit, but by consecrating all the works of nature and of providence to the great ends of our salvation, so that any one of them may call us to repentance, whether it crow like Peter’s rooster (Mat 26:75), or shake the prison like the jailer’s earthquake (Act 16:26-30). From the right hand of God our Lord Jesus rules all things here below, and makes them work together for the salvation of his redeemed. He uses both bitters and sweets, trials and joys, that he may produce in sinners a better mind towards their God. Be thankful for the providence which has made you poor, or sick, or sad ; for by all this Jesus works the life of your spirit and turns you to himself. The Lord’s mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our experience to wean us from earth and woo us to heaven. Christ is exalted to the throne of heaven and earth in order that, by all the processes of his providence, he may subdue hard hearts unto the gracious softening of repentance.”

Excerpt From
All of Grace
Charles H. Spurgeon
https://books.apple.com/us/book/all-of-grace/id1014243511
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