Category Archives: Morning’s With Spurgeon

Friday, October 18, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thy paths drop fatness.” ~ Psalm 65:11 ~ Many are “the paths of the Lord” which “drop fatness,” but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, “My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me.” Starving souls live… (more…)

Thursday, October 17, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul.”  ~ 1 Samuel 27:1 ~ The thought of David’s heart at this time was a false thought, because he certainly had no ground for thinking that God’s anointing him by Samuel was intended… (more…)

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine.” ~ John 21:12 ~ In these words the believer is invited to a holy nearness to Jesus. “Come and dine,” implies the same table, the same meat; ay, and sometimes it means to sit side by side, and lean our head upon the… (more…)

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But who may abide the day of his coming?” ~ Malachi 3:2 ~ His first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there were few who could abide its testing might. Herod and all Jerusalem with him were stirred at the news of the… (more…)

Monday, October 14, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.”  ~ Philippians 3:8 ~ Spritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person’s acquaintance with Him. No, I must know Him myself; I must know Him… (more…)

Sunday, October 13, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Godly sorrow worketh repentance.”   ~ 2 Corinthians 7:10 ~ Genuine, spiritual mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too choice a flower to grow in nature’s garden. Pearls grow naturally in oysters, but penitence never shows itself in sinners except divine grace works it… (more…)

Saturday, October 12, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will meditate in Thy precepts.” ~ Psalm 119:15 ~ There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in… (more…)

Friday, October 11, 2018 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.” ~ Lamentations 3:41 ~ The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without constraining us to pray for… (more…)

Thursday, October 10, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Faultless before the presence of His glory.” ~ Jude 24 ~ Revolve in your mind that wondrous word, faultless!” We are far off from it now; but as our Lord never stops short of perfection in His work of love, we shall reach it one day. The Saviour who will… (more…)

Wednesday, October 09, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Able to keep you from falling.” ~ Jude 24 ~ In some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no road so dangerous. It is beset with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace be absent),… (more…)

Tuesday, October 08, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.” ~ Luke 5:4 ~ We learn from this narrative, the necessity of human agency. The draught of fishes was miraculous, yet neither the fisherman nor his boat, nor his fishing tackle were ignored; but all were used… (more…)

Monday, October 07, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Wherefore hast Thou afflicted Thy servant?” ~ Numbers 11:11 ~ Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: the paste gem dreads to be touched by the… (more…)

Sunday, October 06, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” ~ John 4:14 ~ He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose days are weary for… (more…)

Saturday, October 05, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights.” ~ 1 Kings 19:8 ~ All the strength supplied to us by our gracious God is meant for service, not for wantonness or boasting. When the prophet Elijah found the… (more…)

Friday, October 04, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “At evening time it shall be light.”   ~ Zechariah 14:7 ~ Often times we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at eventide it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A balmier air fans the mariner’s… (more…)

Thursday, October 03, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” ~Hebrews 1:14 ~ Angels are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. Loyalty to their Lord… (more…)

Wednesday, October 02, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The hope which is laid up for you in heaven.” ~ Colossians 1:5 ~ Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there.… (more…)

Tuesday, October 01, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.”      ~ Song of Solomon 7:13 ~ The spouse desires to give to Jesus all that she produces. Our heart has “all manner of pleasant fruits,” both “old and new,” and they are laid up for… (more…)

Monday, September 30, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Sing forth the honour of His name, make His praise glorious.”  ~ Psalm 66:2 ~ It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not. Praise is God’s most righteous due, and every Christian, as the recipient of His grace, is bound to praise God… (more…)

Sunday, September 29, 2019 This Morning’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 morning it may… (more…)