Category Archives: Devotional

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.26.18

Wednesday, December 26, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Only, You Can Trust “Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.” ~ Matthew 26:33 ~ “Why,” cries one, “this is no promise of God.” Just so, but it was a promise of man,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.26.18

Wednesday, December 26, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The last Adam.” ~ 1 Corinthians 15:45 ~ Jesus is the federal head of His elect. As in Adam, every heir of flesh and blood has a personal interest, because he is the covenant head and representative of the race as considered under the law of works; so under the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.25.18

Tuesday, December 25, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon   He Came; He Is Coming “This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” ~ Acts 1:11 ~ Many are celebrating our Lord’s first coming this day; let us turn our… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.25.18

Tuesday, December 25, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.25.18

Tuesday, December 25, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” ~ Isaiah 7:14 ~ Let us to-day go down to Bethlehem, and in company with wondering shepherds and adoring Magi, let us see Him who was born King of the Jews, for we by faith… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.24.18

Monday, December 24, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”   ~ Isaiah 40:5 ~ We anticipate the happy day when the whole world shall be converted to Christ; when the gods of the heathen shall be cast to the moles and the bats; when Romanism… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.24.18

Monday, December 24, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Over Jordan with Singing “Thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:29 ~ That archenemy, the devil, is a liar from the beginning; but he is so very plausible that, like mother Eve, we are led to believe him. Yet in our experience we shall… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.24.18

Monday, December 24, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For your sakes he became poor.” ~ 2 Corinthians 8:9 ~ The Lord Jesus Christ was eternally rich, glorious, and exalted; but “though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor.” As the rich saint cannot be true in his communion with his poor brethren unless of his… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.23.18

Sunday, December 23, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The night also is Thine.” ~ Psalm 74:16 ~ Yes, Lord, Thou dost not abdicate Thy throne when the sun goeth down, nor dost Thou leave the world all through these long wintry nights to be the prey of evil; Thine eyes watch us as the stars, and Thine arms… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.23.18

Sunday, December 23, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Precious Things “And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:13 ~ We may be rich in such things as Joseph obtained, and we may have… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.23.18

Sunday, December 23, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Friend, go up higher.” ~ Luke 14:10 ~ When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, but it is with great fear and trembling. The soul conscious of guilt, and humbled thereby, is overawed with the solemnity of its position; it… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.22.18

Saturday, December 22, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “The spot of His children.” ~ Deuteronomy 32:5 ~ What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God’s word reveals it to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.22.18

Saturday, December 22, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Immediately Present “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” ~ Psalm 46:1 ~ A help that is not present when we need it is of small value. The anchor which is left at home is of no use to the seaman in the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.22.18

Saturday, December 22, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will strengthen thee.” ~ Isaiah 41:10 ~ God has a strong reserve with which to discharge this engagement; for He is able to do all things. Believer, till thou canst drain dry the ocean of omnipotence, till thou canst break into pieces the towering mountains of almighty strength, thou… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.21.18

Friday, December 21, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.” ~ Ezekiel 16:10 ~ See with what matchless generosity the Lord provides for His people’s apparel. They are so arrayed that the divine… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.21.18

Friday, December 21, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon From Anger to Love “He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”    ~ Micah 7:19 ~ God never turns from His love, but He soon turns from… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.21.18

Friday, December 21, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” ~ 2 Samuel 23:5 ~ This covenant is divine in its origin. “HE hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” Oh that great word HE! Stop, my soul. God, the everlasting Father, has positively made a covenant with thee; yes, that… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.20.18

Thursday, December 20, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Call thy labourers, and give them their hire.” ~ Matthew 20:8 ~ God is a good paymaster; He pays His servants while at work as well as when they have done it; and one of His payments is this: an easy conscience. If you have spoken faithfully of Jesus to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.20.18

Thursday, December 20, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Men as Men; God as God “I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.20.18

Thursday, December 20, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.”  ~ Jeremiah 31:3 ~ Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells His Church His love thoughts. “He does not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very presence He says, ‘Thou art all fair, my love.’ It is… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.19.18

  Wednesday, December 19, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And there was no more sea.” ~ Revelation 21:1 ~ Scarcely could we rejoice at the thought of losing the glorious old ocean: the new heavens and the new earth are none the fairer to our imagination, if, indeed, literally there is to be no great and wide sea,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.19.18

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Afflictions, But No Broken Bones “He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.” ~ Psalm 34:20 ~ This promise by the context is referred to the much afflicted righteous man: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.19.18

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.” ~ Proverbs 16:33 ~ If the disposal of the lot is the Lord’s whose is the arrangement of our whole life? If the simple casting of a lot is guided by Him, how much… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.18.18

  Tuesday, December 18, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.” ~ Proverbs 27:23 ~ Every wise merchant will occasionally hold a stock-taking, when he will cast up his accounts, examine what he has on hand, and ascertain decisively whether his trade is prosperous… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.18.18

Tuesday, December 18, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Defended and Covered “As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem.” ~ Isaiah 31:5 ~ With hurrying wing the mother bird hastens up to the protection of her young. She wastes no time upon the road when coming to supply them with food or guard… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.18.18

Tuesday, December 18, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Rend your heart, and not your garments.”  ~ Joel 2:13 ~ Garment-rending and other outward signs of religious emotion, are easily manifested and are frequently hypocritical; but to feel true repentance is far more difficult, and consequently far less common. Men will attend to the most multiplied and minute ceremonial… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.17.18

  Monday, December 17, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”  ~ John 10:9 ~ Jesus, the great I AM, is the entrance into the true church, and the way of access to God Himself. He… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.17.18

Monday, December 17, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Nearest and Dearest Fellowship “So shall we ever be with the Lord.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ~ While we are here the Lord is with us, and when we are called away we are with Him. There is no dividing the saint from His Savior. They are one,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.17.18

Monday, December 17, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I remember thee.” ~ Jeremiah 2:2 ~ Let us note that Christ delights to think upon His Church, and to look upon her beauty. As the bird returneth often to its nest, and as the wayfarer hastens to his home, so doth the mind continually pursue the object of its… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.16.18

  Sunday, December 16, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened.”  ~ Isaiah 48:8 ~ It is painful to remember that, in a certain degree, this accusation may be laid at the door of believers, who too often are in a measure… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.16.18

Sunday, December 16, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Divine Expulsion “Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.” ~ Joshua 17:18 ~ It is a great encouragement to valor to be assured of victory, for then a man goes forth to war in confidence and ventures where else… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.16.18

Sunday, December 16, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Come unto me.” ~ Matthew 11:28 ~ The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, “Come.” The Jewish law harshly said, “Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which thou shalt walk. Break the commandments, and thou shalt perish; keep them, and thou shalt… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.15.18

  Saturday, December 15, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And lay thy foundations with sapphires.” ~ Isaiah 54:11 ~ Not only that which is seen of the church of God, but that which is unseen, is fair and precious. Foundations are out of sight, and so long as they are firm it is not expected that they should… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.15.18

Saturday, December 15, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon World Concord “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” ~ Isaiah 2:4 ~ Oh, that these happy times were come! At present the nations are heavily armed… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.15.18

Saturday, December 15, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her.” ~ Ruth 1:14 ~ Both of them had an affection for Naomi, and therefore set out with her upon her return to the land of Judah. But the hour of test came; Naomi most unselfishly set before each of them the… (more…)