Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon March 22 | Evening
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Mar 22, 2026 A reflective evening meditation centered on John 17:24. The narrator wrestles with the seeming injustice of death and why it often claims the devout. He explores how Christ’s prevailing prayer carries believers from earth to heaven. Listeners are encouraged to yield to Christ’s will and release loved ones by faith.
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Christ's Prayer Guarantees Believers' Homecoming
- Jesus' prayer secures believers' passage from earth to heaven as each death is an answer to His intercession.
- Frazer Blaxland emphasizes John 17:24, saying every believer moved to paradise is borne on 'eagles' wings' by that prayer.
Why Death Strikes The Best Of Friends
- Death often takes the best and most devoted, which feels inexplicable to those left behind.
- Blaxland frames this reality against the backdrop of Christ's will, asking why death 'touches the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness finds rest.'
A Divine's Observation About Conflicting Prayers
- A noted divine observed that Christians and Christ sometimes 'pull against one another' in prayer over a soul's place.
- Blaxland recounts this to illustrate how disciples pray to retain loved ones while Christ prays for their presence with Him.