Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 652
Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 652
Monday, March 07, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Have faith in God.” ~ Mark 11:22 ~ FAITH is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels… (more…)
Sunday, March 06, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Before destruction the heart of man is haughty.” ~ Proverbs 18:12 ~ IT is an old and common saying, that “coming events cast their shadows before them;” the wise man teaches us that a haughty heart is the prophetic prelude of evil. Pride is as safely the sign of destruction… (more…)
Sunday, March 06, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Guardian of the Fatherless In thee the fatherless findeth mercy. ~ Hosea 14:3 ~ This is an excellent reason for casting away all other confidences and relying upon the Lord alone. When a child is left without its natural protector, our God steps in and becomes his guardian:… (more…)
Isaiah 25:1 “O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” Â Â King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 799
Sunday, March 06, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye must be born again.”—John 3:7. REGENERATION is a subject which lies at the very basis of salvation, and we should be very diligent to take heed that we really are “born again,” for there are many who fancy they are, who are not. Be assured that the name of… (more…)
Saturday, March 05, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.”—Psalm 35:3. WHAT does this sweet prayer teach me? It shall be my evening’s petition; but first let it yield me an instructive meditation. The text informs me first of all that David had his doubts; for why should he pray, “Say unto… (more…)
Saturday, March 05, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Home Blessings He blesseth the habitation of the just. ~ Proverbs 3:33 ~ He fears the Lord, and therefore he comes under the divine protection even as to the roof which covers himself and his family. His home is an abode of love, a school of holy training,… (more…)
Deuteronomy 6: 6-7 “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Â Â King James Version by Public… (more…)
Saturday March 05, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let us not sleep, as do others.”~ 1 Thessalonians 5:6 ~ THERE are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among the rest, let me strongly advise Christians to converse together concerning the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said to themselves, “To… (more…)
Friday, March 04, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house.” ~ Psalm 36:8 ~ SHEBA’S queen was amazed at the sumptuousness of Solomon’s table. She lost all heart when she saw the provision of a single day; and she marvelled equally at the company of servants who were feasted… (more…)
Friday, March 04, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Honor God Them that honor me I will honor. ~1 Samuel 2:30 ~ Do I make the honor of God the great object of my life and the rule of my conduct? If so, He will honor me. I may for a while receive no honor from man,… (more…)
Joshua 1:9 “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” Â Â King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 894
Friday March 04, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My grace is sufficient for thee.”~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 ~ IF none of God’s saints were poor and tried, we should not know half so well the consolations of divine grace. When we find the wanderer who has not where to lay his head, who yet can say, “Still will… (more…)
Thursday, MARCH 03, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove.” ~ Matthew 3:16 ~ AS the Spirit of God descended upon the Lord Jesus, the head, so He also, in measure, descends upon the members of the mystical body. His descent is to us after the same fashion as that… (more…)
Thursday, March 03, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Not Left to Perish For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither will thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. ~ Psalm 16:10 ~ This word has its proper fulfillment in the Lord Jesus; but it applies also, with a variation, to all who are… (more…)
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.“ Â Â King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 692
Thursday March 03, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” ~ Isaiah 48.10 ~ COMFORT thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Does not the word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yea, is it not… (more…)
Wednesday, MARCH 02, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.” ~ 1 Samuel 13:20 ~ WE are engaged in a great war with the Philistines of evil. Every weapon within our reach must be used. Preaching,… (more…)
Wednesday, March 02, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Giving Without a Whisper But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in, secret himself shall regard thee openly. ~ Matthew 6:3-4 ~ No promise is made to… (more…)
Job 23:10-11 “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.” Â Â King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 626
Wednesday, March 02, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.” ~ Genesis 49:24 ~ THAT strength which God gives to His Josephs is real strength; it is not a boasted valour, a fiction, a thing of which… (more…)
TUESDAY, MARCH 01, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.”~ Song of Solomon 4:16 ~ ANYTHING is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified to… (more…)
Tuesday, March 01, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Joy for the Cast-Out Hear the Word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his guard; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. ~… (more…)
Psalm 73:25-26 “Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.” Â Â King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 686
Tuesday, MARCH 01, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.” ~ Song of Solomon 4:16 ~ ANYTHING is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified… (more…)
Monday, February 29, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Now we have received the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” ~1 Corinthians 2:12 ~ DEAR reader, have you received the spirit which is of God, wrought by the Holy Ghost in your soul? The necessity of… (more…)
Monday, February 29, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon What Follows Us Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. ~ Psalm 23:6 ~ A devout poet sings Lord, when thou Puttest in my time a day, as thou dost now, Unknown in other years, grant, I entreat, Such grace illumine it,… (more…)
Psalm 120:1 “In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.” Â Â King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 985
Monday, February 29, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “With lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”—Jeremiah 31:3. THE thunders of the law and the terrors of judgment are all used to bring us to Christ; but the final victory is effected by lovingkindness. The prodigal set out to his father’s house from a sense of need; but his father saw… (more…)
Sunday, February 28, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah.”~ 1 Kings 17:16 ~ SEE the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had daily necessities. She had herself and her son to… (more…)
Sunday, February 28, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Real Estate in Heaven Knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. ~ Hebrews 10:34 ~ This is well. Our substance here is very unsubstantial; there is no substance in it. But God has given us a promise of real estate in… (more…)
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” Â Â King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 925
Sunday, February 28, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My expectation is from Him.”~ Psalm 62:5 ~ IT is the believer’s privilege to use this language. If he is looking for aught from the world, it is a poor “expectation” indeed. But if he looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or spiritual blessings,… (more…)
Saturday, February 27, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” ~ Micah 5:2 ~ THE Lord Jesus had goings forth for His people as their representative before the throne, long before they appeared upon the stage of time. It was “from everlasting” that He signed the compact with His Father,… (more…)