Category Archives: Faith’s Check Book C.H. Spurgeon

Sunday, September 22, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Broad Rivers Without Galleys “But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.”   ~ Isaiah 33:21 ~ The Lord will be to us the greatest good without… (more…)

Saturday, September 21, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Let Trials Bless “Knowing that tribulation worketh patience.” ~ Romans 5:3 ~ This is a promise in essence if not in form. We have need of patience, and here we see the way of getting it. It is only by enduring that we learn to endure, even as… (more…)

Friday, September 20, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Perfect Willingness ‘Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.’  ~ Psalm 110:3 ~ Blessed be the God of grace that it is so! He has a people whom He has chosen from of old to be His peculiar portion. These by nature have wills… (more…)

Thursday, September 19, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Reason for Singing “The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.” ~ Zephaniah 3:17 ~ What a word is this! Jehovah… (more…)

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Complete Safety “And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:12 ~ Yes, there is no safety like that which comes… (more…)

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Like Palm and Cedar “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” ~  Psalm 92:12 ~ These trees are not trained and pruned by man: palms and cedars are “trees of the Lord,” and it is by His care that… (more…)

Monday, September 16, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Reward Is Certain “And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. “ ~ Matthew 10:42 ~ Well, I can… (more…)

Sunday, September 15, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Safest Shelter “And a man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind and a covert from the tempest.” ~ Isaiah 32:2 ~ Who this Man is we all know. Who could He be but the Second Man, the Lord from heaven, the man of sorrows, the… (more…)

Saturday, September 14, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Mark of Divine Approval “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” ~ James 1:12 ~ Yes, he is blessed while he is enduring the trial. No… (more…)

Friday, September 13, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Dew of Heaven “His heavens shall drop down dew.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:28 ~ What the dew in the East is to the world of nature, that is the influence of the Spirit in the realm of grace. How greatly do I need it! Without the Spirit of… (more…)

Thursday, September 12, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon What of My House? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. ~ Acts 16:31 ~ This gospel for a man with a sword at his throat is the gospel for me. This would suit me if I were dying, and it… (more…)

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Sufferers Make Strong Believers It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.   ~ Lamentations 3:27 ~ This is as good as a promise. It has been good, it is good, and it will be good for me to bear the yoke. Early… (more…)

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Coming In; Going Out “Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.” ~ Deuteronomy 28:6 ~ The blessings of the law are not canceled. Jesus confirmed the promise when He bore the penalty. If I keep the commands of… (more…)

Monday, September 09, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Fear Has Its Place “Happy is the man that feareth alway.” ~ Proverbs 28:14 ~ The fear of the Lord is the beginning and the foundation of all true religion. Without a solemn awe and reverence of God there is no foothold for the more brilliant virtues. He… (more…)

Sunday, September 08, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Broken and Smoking “A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench” ~ Isaiah 42:3 ~ Then I may reckon upon tender treatment from my Lord. Indeed, I feel myself to be at best as weak, as pliant, as worthless as a… (more…)

Saturday, September 07, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Reach of Almighty Grace “It shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.”  ~ Hosea 1:10 ~ Sovereign grace can make… (more…)

Friday, September 06, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Strong Heart “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” ~ Psalm 27:14 ~ Wait! Wait! Let your waiting be on the Lord! He is worth waiting for. He never disappoints the waiting soul. While… (more…)

Thursday, September 05, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon With Me Wherever I Am “The Lord will be with you.” ~ 2 Chronicles 20:17 ~ This was a great mercy for Jehoshaphat, for a great multitude had come out against him; and it will be a great mercy for me, for I have great need, and I… (more…)

Tuesday, September 03, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Out of Spiritual Death “And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves.” ~ Ezekiel 37:13 ~ Indeed it must be so: those who receive life from the dead are sure… (more…)

Monday, September 02, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Follow to Know “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord.” ~ Hosea 6:3 ~ Not all at once, but by degrees shall we attain to holy knowledge, and our business is to persevere and learn by little and little. We need not despair,… (more…)