Pray for the Gospel

"...Still, Lord, we have a burden which we must now lay before Thee, and ask Thee to help us in it. We mourn over the condition of Thy church, for on every side as we look around, we see men endeavouring to undermine the doctrines of the everlasting Gospel...There is scarce a single doctrine of Thy word which the wise men among us do not deny. Yea, and those that pretend to be the ministers of the gospel are amongst the first to speak against it, and to denounce it, and to sanction licence to sin because 'Thou wilt no more punish it', and to declare that 'Jesus Christ is not Thy Son.' O Lord God, our heart often sinks within us; we are apt to lay our hand upon the ark to steady it, for the oxen shake it; but we know it is in Thy hand, and having spread the case before Thee we leave it there...O Lord our God, rebuke the unbelief, rebuke the sceptiscisms of those who assail both Thee and Thy Christ, and the gospel of Thy truth." [C.H.Spurgeon, The Pastor in Prayer, Banner of Truth Trust, pg. 14]