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Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.27.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.27.19

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation.” ~ Psalm 91:9 ~ The  Israelites in the wilderness were continually exposed to change. Whenever the pillar stayed its motion, the tents were pitched; but tomorrow, ere the morning sun had risen, the trumpet sounded,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.26.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.26.19

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Salvation is of the Lord.” ~ Jonah 2:9 ~ Salvation  is the work of God. It is He alone who quickens the soul “dead in trespasses and sins,” and it is He also who maintains the soul in its spiritual life. He is both “Alpha and Omega.” “Salvation is of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.25.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.25.19

Monday, February 25, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The wrath to come.” ~ Matthew 3:7 ~ It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.24.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.24.19

Sunday, February 24, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.” ~ Ezekiel 34:26 ~ Here is sovereign mercy—”I will give them the shower in its season.” Is it not sovereign, divine mercy?—for who can say, “I will give them showers,” except God? There… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.23.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.23.19

Saturday, February 23, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will never leave thee.” ~ Hebrews 13:5 ~ No promise is of private interpretation. Whatever God has said to any one saint, He has said to all. When He opens a well for one, it is that all may drink. When He openeth a granary-door to give out food,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.22.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.22.19

Friday, February 22, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.” ~ Genesis 49:24. ~ That strength which God gives to His Josephs is real strength; it is not a boasted valour, a fiction, a thing of which… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.21.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.21.19

Thursday, February 21, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He hath said.” ~ Hebrews 13:5 ~ If we can only grasp these words by faith, we have an all-conquering weapon in our hand. What doubt will not be slain by this two-edged sword? What fear is there which shall not fall smitten with a deadly wound before this arrow… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.20.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.20.19

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “God, that comforteth those that are cast down.”      ~ 2 Corinthians 7:6 ~ And who comforteth like Him? Go to some poor, melancholy, distressed child of God; tell him sweet promises, and whisper in his ear choice words of comfort; he is like the deaf adder, he listens not to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.19.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.19.19

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them.”   ~ Ezekiel 36:37 ~ Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarcely ever did a great mercy come to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.18.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.18.19

Monday, February 18, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.”  ~ Job 10:2 ~ Perhaps, O tried soul, the Lord is doing this to develop thy graces. There are some of thy graces which would never be discovered if it were not for thy trials. Dost thou not know that thy faith never… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.17.19

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…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.17.19

Sunday, February 17, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.” ~ Genesis 25:11 ~ Hagar had once found deliverance there and Ishmael had drank from the water so graciously revealed by the God who liveth and seeth the sons of men; but this was a merely casual visit, such as worldlings pay to the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.16.19

Saturday, February 16, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thy good Spirit.” ~ Nehemiah 9:20 ~ Common, too common is the sin of forgetting the Holy Spirit. This is folly and ingratitude. He deserves well at our hands, for He is good, supremely good. As God, He is good essentially. He shares in the threefold ascription of Holy, holy,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.16.19

Saturday, February 16, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.” ~ Philippians 4:11 ~ These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. “Ill weeds grow apace.” Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.15.19

Friday, February 15, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whereby they have made Thee glad.” ~ Psalm 45:8 ~ And who are thus privileged to make the Saviour glad? His church—His people. But is it possible? He makes us glad, but how can we make Him glad? By our love. Ah! we think it so cold, so faint; and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.15.19

Friday, February 15, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “To Him be glory both now and forever.” ~ 2 Peter 3:18 ~ Heaven will be full of the ceaseless praises of Jesus. Eternity! thine unnumbered years shall speed their everlasting course, but forever and for ever, “to Him be glory.” Is He not a “Priest for ever after the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.14.19

Thursday, February 14, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “She was healed immediately.” ~ Luke 8:47 ~ One of the most touching and teaching of the Saviour’s miracles is before us to-night. The woman was very ignorant. She imagined that virtue came out of Christ by a law of necessity, without His knowledge or direct will. Moreover, she was… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.14.19

Thursday, February 14, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. ~ 2 Kings 25:30 ~ Jehoiachin was not sent away from the king’s palace with a store to last him for months, but his provision was… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.13.19

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is therefore now no condemnation.” ~ Romans 8:1 ~ Come, my soul, think thou of this. Believing in Jesus, thou art actually and effectually cleared from guilt; thou art led out of thy prison. Thou art no more in fetters as a bond-slave; thou art delivered now from the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.13.19

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God.” ~ 1 John 3:1,2 ~ Behold, what manner of love the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.12.19

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever.” ~ John 14:16 ~ Great Father revealed Himself to believers of old before the coming of His Son, and was known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the God Almighty. Then Jesus came, and the ever-blessed… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.12.19

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.” ~ 2 Corinthians 1:5 ~ There is a blessed proportion. The Ruler of Providence bears a pair of scales—in this side He puts His people’s trials, and in that He puts their consolations. When… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.11.19

Monday, February 11, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou hast left thy first love.” ~ Revelation 2:4 ~ Ever to be remembered is that best and brightest of hours, when first we saw the Lord, lost our burden, received the roll of promise, rejoiced in full salvation, and went on our way in peace. It was spring time… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.11.19

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” ~ Acts 4:13 ~ A christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.10.19

Sunday, February 10, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.” ~ Isaiah 44:22 ~ Attentively observe THE INSTRUCTIVE SIMILITUDE: our sins are like a cloud. As clouds are of many shapes and shades, so are our… (more…)

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