Category Archives: Evening’s With Spurgeon

Saturday, March 23, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” ~ Luke 19:40 ~ But could the stones cry out? Assuredly they could if He who opens the mouth of the dumb should bid them lift up their voice. Certainly if they were to… (more…)

Friday, March 22, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am.” ~ John 17:24 ~ O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness hath rest? Why dost thou snatch away the excellent of the earth, in whom is all… (more…)

Thursday, March 21, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?” ~ Job 38:31 ~ If inclined to boast of our abilities, the grandeur of nature may soon show us how puny we are. We cannot move the least of all the twinkling stars, or quench so… (more…)

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.” ~ Ephesian 5:25 ~ What a golden example Christ gives to His disciples! Few masters could venture to say, “If you would practise my teaching, imitate my life;” but as the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of… (more…)

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.” ~ Ruth 2:14 ~ Whenever we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full and sweet repast. When Jesus is the host no guest goes empty from the table. Our head… (more…)

Monday, March 18, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you.” ~ John 15:9 ~ As the Father loves the Son, in the same manner Jesus loves His people. What is that divine method? He loved Him without beginning, and thus Jesus loves His members. “I have loved thee with… (more…)

Sunday, March 17, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. ~ Matthew 5:9 ~ This is the seventh of the beatitudes: and seven was the number of perfection among the Hebrews. It may be that the Saviour placed the peacemaker the seventh upon the list because he… (more…)

Saturday, March 16, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins.” ~ Psalm 19:13 ~ Such was the prayer of the “man after God’s own heart.” Did holy David need to pray thus? How needful, then, must such a prayer be for us babes in grace! It is as if he said, “Keep… (more…)

Friday, March 15, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He did it with all his heart and prospered.” ~ 2 Chronicles 31:21 ~ This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to… (more…)

Thursday, March 14, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will take heed to my ways.” ~ Psalm 39:1 ~ Fellow-Pilgrim, say not in your heart, “I will go hither and thither, and I shall not sin;” for you are never so out of danger of sinning as to boast of security. The road is very miry, it will… (more…)

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.” ~ Genesis 8:9 ~ Wearied out with her wanderings, the dove returns at length to the ark as her only resting place. How heavily she flies—she will drop—she will never reach the… (more…)

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “To whom belongest thou?” ~ 1 Samuel 30:13 ~ No neutralities can exist in religion. We are either ranked under the banner of Prince Immanuel, to serve and fight His battles, or we are vassals of the black prince, Satan. “To whom belongest thou? “Reader, let me assist you in… (more…)

Monday, March 11, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou shalt be called, Sought out.” ~ Isaiah 62:12 ~ The surpassing grace of God is seen very clearly in that we were not only sought, but sought out. Men seek for a thing which is lost upon the floor of the house, but in such a case there is… (more…)

Sunday, March 10, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Man . . . is of few days, and full of trouble.”   ~ Job 14:1 ~ It may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to remember this mournful fact, for it may lead us to set loose by earthly things. There is nothing very pleasant in… (more…)

Saturday, March 09, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Abide in Me.” ~ John 15:4 ~ Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near… (more…)

Friday, March 08, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “She called his name Ben-oni (son of sorrow), but his father called him Benjamin (son of my right hand).” ~ Genesis 35:18 ~ To every matter there is a bright as well as a dark side. Rachel was overwhelmed with the sorrow of her own travail and death; Jacob, though… (more…)

Thursday, March 07, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man.” ~ Psalm 118:8 ~ Doubtless the reader has been tried with the temptation to rely upon the things which are seen, instead of resting alone upon the invisible God. Christians often look to man for help… (more…)

Wednesday, March 06, 2019 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…)

Tuesday, March 05, 2019 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… (more…)

Monday, March 04, 2019 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…)

Sunday, March 03, 2019 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…)

Saturday, March 02, 2019 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…)

Friday, March 01, 2019 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… (more…)

Thursday, February 28, 2019 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… (more…)

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 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…)

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague. ~ Leviticus 13:13 ~ Strange enough this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing out of the disease proved that the constitution was sound. This evening it may… (more…)

Monday, February 25, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa.” ~Jonah 1:3 ~ Instead of going to Nineveh to preach the Word, as God bade him, Jonah disliked the work, and went down to Joppa to escape from it. There are… (more…)

Sunday, February 24, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy upon Jerusalem? . . . And the Lord answered the angel . . . with good words and comfortable words.”  ~ Zechariah 1:12,13 ~ What a sweet answer to an anxious enquiry! This night let us rejoice in it.… (more…)

Saturday, February 23, 2018 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Take up the cross, and follow Me.” ~ Mark 10:21 ~ You have not the making of your own cross, although unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making; neither are you permitted to choose your own cross, although self-will would fain be lord and master; but your cross is prepared… (more…)

Friday, February 22, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power.” —Nahum 1:3 ~ JEHOVAH “is slow to anger.” When mercy cometh into the world she driveth winged steeds; the axles of her chariot-wheels are red hot with speed; but when wrath goeth forth, it toileth on with tardy footsteps, for… (more…)

Thursday, February 21, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Understandest thou what thou readest?” ~ Acts 8:30 ~ We should be abler teachers of others, and less liable to be carried about by every wind of doctrine, if we sought to have a more intelligent understanding of the Word of God. As the Holy Ghost, the Author of the… (more…)

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.” ~ Matthew 4:1 ~ A holy character does not avert temptation—Jesus was tempted. When Satan tempts us, his sparks fall upon tinder; but in Christ’s case, it was like striking sparks on water; yet… (more…)

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He first findeth his own brother Simon.” ~ John 1:41 ~ This case is an excellent pattern of all cases where spiritual life is vigorous. As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others. I will not believe that thou hast tasted of the honey of… (more…)

Monday, February 18, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Father, I have sinned.” ~ Luke 15:18 ~ It is quite certain that those whom Christ has washed in His precious blood need not make a confession of sin, as culprits or criminals, before God the Judge, for Christ has for ever taken away all their sins in a legal… (more…)

Sunday, February 17, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whereas the Lord was there.” ~ Ezekiel 35:10 ~ Edom’s princes saw the whole country left desolate, and counted upon its easy conquest; but there was one great difficulty in their way—quite unknown to them—“The Lord was there”; and in His presence lay the special security of the chosen land.… (more…)