Whyte House Family Devotions: Prayer for the Family, Church, Nation & World #51

Ministry Magazine included this story in an article published years ago: “Richard Baxter was one of England's greatest ministers. In early ministry he pastored a community composed almost entirely of rich, cultured people. But he soon found that the congregation was cold, and all was not as he had expected it to be. Although disappointed he said, ‘The way to save this church and the community is to establish religion in the homes of the people, and to build the family altar.’ Baxter spent three years in visitation, determined to establish a family altar in every home in that community. He succeeded, and as a result found that his church filled to overflowing. Thus began that magnificent ministry and life for which he became famous.”

DEVOTIONAL PASSAGE: PSALM 37:21-33

DEVOTIONAL READING: “We Are Not Like the Rainbow,” from “Morning and Evening,” by Charles Spurgeon