Monthly Archives: August 2016

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.31.16

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If we walk in the light, as He is in the light.” ~ 1 John 1:7 ~ AS He is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as He is whom we call “Our Father,” of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.31.16

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Divine, Ever-Living, Unchanging But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. ~ 1 Peter 1:25 ~ All human teaching and, indeed, all human beings shall pass away as the grass of the meadow; but… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.31.16

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “On mine arm shall they trust.” ~ Isaiah 51:5 ~ IN seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.30.16

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.” ~ Jeremiah 17:14 ~ “I have seen His ways, and will heal him.” ~ Isaiah 57:18 ~ IT is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally healed by men, but even then the honour… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.30.16

 Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Solace, Security, Satisfaction Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. ~ 2 Samuel 23:5 ~… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.30.16

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Wait on the Lord.” ~ Psalm 27:14 ~ IT may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s warriors than standing still. There are hours of perplexity… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.29.16

Monday, August 29, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.” ~ Numbers 6:4 ~ NAZARITES had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.29.16

Monday, August 29, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Plentiful Refreshment Their soul shall be as a watered garden. ~ Jeremiah 31:12 ~ Oh, to have one’s soul under heavenly cultivation; no longer a wilderness but a garden of the Lord! Enclosed from the waste, walled around by grace, planted by instruction, visited by love, weeded by… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.29.16

Monday, August 29, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Have mercy upon me, O God.” ~ Psalm 51:1 ~ WHEN Dr. Carey was suffering from a dangerous illness, the enquiry was made, “If this sickness should prove fatal, what passage would you select as the text for your funeral sermon?” He replied, “Oh, I feel that such a poor… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.28.16

Sunday, August 28, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Sing, O barren.” ~ Isaiah 54:1 ~ THOUGH we have brought forth some fruit unto Christ, and have a joyful hope that we are “plants of His own right hand planting,” yet there are times when we feel very barren. Prayer is lifeless, love is cold, faith is weak, each… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.28.16

Sunday, August 28, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Out of Any Circumstance As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. ~ Psalm 55:16 ~ Yes, I must and will pray. What else can I do! What better can I do? Betrayed, forsaken, grieved, baffled, O my Lord, I will call… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.28.16

Sunday, August 28, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Oil for the light.” ~ Exodus 25:6 ~ MY soul, how much thou needest this, for thy lamp will not long continue to burn without it. Thy snuff will smoke and become an offence if light be gone, and gone it will be if oil be absent. Thou hast no… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.27.16

Saturday, August 27, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”  ~ Psalm 31:5 ~ THESE words have been frequently used by holy men in their hour of departure. We may profitably consider them this evening. The object of the faithful man’s solicitude in life… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.27.16

Saturday, August 27, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Choice Men I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. ~ Isaiah 48:10 ~ This has long been the motto fixed before our eye upon the wall of our bedroom, and in many ways it has also been written on our heart. It is no mean thing… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.27.16

Saturday, August 27, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “How long will it be ere they believe me?” ~ Numbers 14:11 ~ STRIVE with all diligence to keep out that monster unbelief. It so dishonours Christ, that He will withdraw His visible presence if we insult Him by indulging it. It is true it is a weed, the seeds… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.26.16

Friday, August 26, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The people, when they beheld Him, were greatly amazed, and running to Him saluted Him.” ~ Mark 9:15 ~ HOW great the difference between Moses and Jesus! When the prophet of Horeb had been forty days upon the mountain, he underwent a kind of transfiguration, so that his countenance shone… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.26.16

 Friday, August 26, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He of Tender Conscience I will judge between cattle and cattle.  ~ Ezekiel 34:22 ~ Some are fat and flourishing, and therefore they are unkind to the feeble. This is a grievous sin and causes much sorrow. Those thrustings with side and with shoulder, those pushings of the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.26.16

Friday, August 26, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He hath commanded His covenant for ever.” ~ Psalms 111:9 ~ THE Lord’s people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them into its banqueting house and waves its banner of love. They delight to contemplate… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.25.16

Thursday, August 25, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.” ~ Acts 8:37 ~ THESE words may answer your scruples, devout reader, concerning the ordinances. Perhaps you say, “I should be afraid to be baptized; it is such a solemn thing to avow myself to be dead with Christ, and buried… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.25.16

Thursday, August 25, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Food and Rest I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. ~ Ezekiel 34:15 ~ Under the divine shepherdry saints are fed to the full. Theirs is not a windy, unsatisfying mess of mere human “thought,” but the Lord… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.25.16

Thursday, August 25, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “His fruit was sweet to my taste.” ~ Song of Solomon 2:3 ~ FAITH, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: “Look unto me and be ye saved.” It is hearing: “Hear, and your soul shall live.” Faith is smelling: “All… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.24.16

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.” ~ Exodus 22:6 ~ BUT what restitution can he make who casts abroad the fire-brands of error,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.24.16

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Above Human Philosophy For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. ~ 1 Corinthians 1:19 ~ This verse is a threatening so far as the worldly wise are concerned, but to the simple… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.24.16

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The breaker is come up before them.” ~ Micah 2:13 ~ INASMUCH as Jesus has gone before us, things remain not as they would have been had He never passed that way. He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now thou faint-hearted warrior. Not only has… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.23.16

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.” ~ Ephesians 3:17 ~ BEYOND measure it is desirable that we, as believers, should have the person of Jesus constantly before us, to inflame our love towards Him, and to increase our knowledge of Him. I would to God that my… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.23.16

Monday, August 23, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Love and Seek True Wisdom I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.  ~ Proverbs 8:17 ~ Wisdom loves her lovers and seeks her seekers. He is already wise who seeks to be wise, and he has almost found wisdom who… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.23.16

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The voice of weeping shall be no more heard.” ~ Isaiah 65:19 ~ THE glorified weep no more, for all outward a causes of grief are gone. There are no broken friendships, nor blighted prospects in heaven. Poverty, famine, peril, persecution, and slander, are unknown there. No pain distresses, no… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.22.16

Monday, August 22, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The unsearchable riches of Christ.” ~ Ephesians 3:8. ~ MY Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement of reason, the dream of imagination, or the eloquence of words. They are unsearchable! You may look, and study, and weigh, but Jesus is a greater Saviour than you think… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.22.16

Monday, August 22, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Wrath to God’s Glory Surely the wrath of man shall raise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. ~ Psalm 76:10 ~ Wicked men will be wrathful. Their anger we must endure as the badge of our calling, the token of our separation from them: if we… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.22.16

Monday, August 22, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.” ~ Song of Solomon 5:8 ~ SUCH is the language of the believer panting after present fellowship with Jesus, he is sick for his Lord. Gracious souls are… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.21.16

Sunday, August 21, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye Me in vain.”  ~Isaiah 45:19 ~ WE may gain much solace by considering what God has not said. What He has said is inexpressibly full of comfort and delight; what He has not said is scarcely less rich in consolation.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.21.16

Sunday, August 21, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Night of Weeping; Joyous Day For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. ~ Psalm 30:5 ~ A moment under our Father’s anger seems very long, and yet it is but a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.21.16

Sunday, August 21, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He that watereth shall be watered also himself.” ~ Proverbs 11:25 ~ WE are here taught the great lesson, that to get, we must give; that to accumulate, we must scatter; that to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that in order to become spiritually vigorous, we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.20.16

Saturday, August 20, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.” ~ Nehemiah 3:8 ~ CITIES well fortified have broad walls, and so had Jerusalem in her glory. The New Jerusalem must, in like manner, be surrounded and preserved by a broad wall of nonconformity to the world, and separation from its customs… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.20.16

Saturday, August 20, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Deliverance Not Limited He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. ~ Job 5:19 ~ Eliphaz in this spoke the truth of God. We may have as many troubles as the workdays of the week, but the God who worked… (more…)

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