Category Archives: Devotional

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.19.24

Becoming Fit for Glory The Lord will give grace and glory. (Psalm 84:11) Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as for the future, that grace is still sufficient.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.18.24

Continue Upright The prayer of the upright is his delight. (Proverbs 15:8) This is as good as a promise, for it declares a present fact, which will be the same throughout all ages. God takes great pleasure in the prayers of upright men; He even calls them His delight. Our first concern is to be upright. Neither bending this way… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.17.24

Fear to Fear Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 1:8) Whenever fear comes in and makes us falter, we are in danger of falling into sin. Conceit is to be dreaded, but so is cowardice. “Dare to be a Daniel.” Our great Captain should be served by brave… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.16.24

To Others an “Ensample” Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. (Philippians 4:9) It is well when a man can with advantage be so minutely copied as Paul might have been. Oh, for grace to imitate him this day and every day!… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.15.24

God is a Sanctuary Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (Ezekiel 11:16) Banished from the public means of grace, we are not removed… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.14.24

Tender Comfort As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you. (Isaiah 66:13) A mother’s comfort! Ah, this is tenderness itself. How she enters into her child’s grief! How she presses him to her bosom and tries to take all his sorrow into her own heart! He can tell her all, and she will sympathize as nobody else… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.13.24

Despise Not Thy Youth Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold I cannot speak; for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. (Jeremiah 1:6-7) Jeremiah was young and felt a natural shrinking… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.29.24

“With loving kindness 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 him a great way off, and ran to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.07.19

Thursday, February 07, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.” ~ Revelation 11:12 ~ Without considering these words in their prophetical connection, let us regard them D as the invitation of our great Forerunner to His sanctified people. In due time there shall be heard “a… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.07.19

Thursday, February 07, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon  Return from Backsliding “If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up.” ~ Job 22:23 ~ Eliphaz, in this utterance, spoke a great truth, which is the summary of many an inspired Scripture. Reader, has sin pulled you down? Have you become like a ruin? Has… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.07.19

Thursday, February 07, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Arise, and depart.” ~ Micah 2:10 ~ The hour is approaching when the message will come to us, as it comes to all—”Arise, and go forth from the home in which thou hast dwelt, from the city in which thou hast done thy business, from thy family, from thy friends.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.06.19

Wednesday, February 06, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Pray one for another.” ~ James 5:16 ~ As an encouragement cheerfully to offer intercessory prayer, remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character. In all the incense which our Great High Priest now puts into the golden censer,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.06.19

Wednesday, February 06, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Blessing in the City “If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, blessed shalt thou be in the city.” ~ Deuteronomy 28:2-3 ~ The city is full of care, and he who has to go there from day to day finds it to be… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.05.19

Tuesday, February 05, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “At that time Jesus answered.” ~ Matthew 11:25 ~ This is a singular way in which to commence a verse—”At that time Jesus answered.” If you will look at the context you will not perceive that any person had asked Him a question, or that He was in conversation with… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.05.19

Tuesday, February 05, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Justice Satisfied “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” ~ Exodus 12:13 ~ My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the Lord’s sight of it which secures my safety. Even when I am unable to behold it, the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.05.19

Tuesday, February 05, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” ~ 1 John 4:14 ~ It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth without His Father’s permission, authority, consent, and assistance. He was sent of the Father, that He might be the Saviour of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.04.19

Monday, February 04, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Your refuge from the avenger of blood.” ~ Joshua 20:3 ~ It is said that in the land of Canaan, cities of refuge were so arranged, that any man might reach one of them within half a day at the utmost. Even so the word of our salvation is near… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.04.19

Monday, February 04, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Will Return “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” ~ John 14:18 ~ He left us, and yet we are not left orphans. He is our comfort, and He is gone; but we are not comfortless. Our comfort is that He will come… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.04.19

Monday, February 04, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The love of the Lord.” ~ Hosea 3:1 ~ Believer, look back through all thine experience, and think of the way whereby the Lord thy God has led thee in the wilderness, and how He hath fed and clothed thee every day—how He hath borne with thine ill manners—how He… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.03.19

Sunday, February 03, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Tell me . . . where Thou feedest, where Thou makest Thy flock to rest at noon.” ~ Song of Solomon 1:7 ~ These words express the desire of the believer after Christ, and his longing for present communion with Him. Where doest Thou feed Thy flock? In Thy house?… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.03.19

Sunday, February 03, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Freely Gives “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” ~ Romans 8:32 ~ If this is not a promise in form, it is in fact. Indeed, it is… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.02.19

Saturday, February 02, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And these are ancient things.” ~ 1 Chronicles 4:22 ~ Yet not so ancient as those precious things which are the delight of our souls. Let us for a moment recount them, telling them over as misers count their gold. The sovereign choice of the Father, by which He elected… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.02.19

Saturday, February 02, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Grow Up “And ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.” ~ Malachi 4:2 ~ Yes, when the sun shines, the sick quit their chambers and walk abroad to breathe the fresh air. When the sun brings spring and summer, the cattle quit their… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.01.19

Friday, February 01, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thy love to me was wonderful.” ~ 2 Samuel 1:26 ~ Come,  dear readers, let each one of us speak for himself of the wonderful love, not of Jonathan, but of Jesus. We will not relate what we have been told, but the things which we have tasted and handled-of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.01.19

Friday, February 01, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Never Despair “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.” ~ Malachi 4.2 ~ Fulfilled once in the first advent of our glorious Lord, and yet to have a fuller accomplishment in His second advent, this gracious word… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.01.19

Friday, February 01, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They shall sing in the ways of the Lord. ~ Psalm 138:5 ~ The time when Christians begin to sing in the ways of the Lord is when they first lose their burden at the foot of the Cross. Not even the songs of the angels seem so sweet as… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.31.19

Thursday, January 31, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.” ~ 2 Samuel 18:23 ~ Runningis not everything, there is much in the way which we select: a swift foot over hill and down dale will not keep pace with a slower traveller upon level ground. How is… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 01.31.19

Thursday, January 31, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Always Hears “My God will hear me.” ~ Micah 7:7 ~ Friends may be unfaithful, but the Lord will not turn away from the gracious soul; on the contrary, He will hear all its desires. The prophet says, “Keep the doors of thy mouth from her that… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.31.19

Thursday, January 31, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord our Righteousness.” ~ Jeremiah 23:6 ~ It will always give a Christian the greatest calm, quiet, ease, and peace, to think of the perfect righteousness of Christ. How often are the saints of God downcast and sad! I do not think they ought to be. I do not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.30.19

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In whom also we have obtained an inheritance.” ~ Ephesians 1:11 ~ When Jesus gave Himself for us, He gave us all the rights and privileges which went with Himself; so that now, although as eternal God, He has essential rights to which no creature may venture to pretend, yet… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 01.30.19

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Heavenly Escort “And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest.” ~ Genesis 28:15 ~ Do we need journeying mercies? Here are choice ones—God’s presence and preservation, In all places we need both of these, and in all places we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.29.19

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The dove came in to him in the evening.” ~ Genesis 8:11 ~ Blessed be the Lord for another day of mercy, even though I am now weary with its toils. Unto the preserver of men lift I my song of gratitude. The dove found no rest out of the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 01.29.19

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Obedience Brings Blessing “Observe and hear all these words, which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.” ~ Deuteronomy 12:28… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.29.19

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Perfect in Christ Jesus.” ~ Colossians 1:28 ~ Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip, mutters “imperfection.” You have… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.28.19

Monday, January 28, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.” ~ Luke 2:20 ~ What was the subject of their praise? They praised God for what they had heard—for the good tidings of great joy that… (more…)

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