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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.18.17

Saturday, November 18, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.” ~ Song of Solomon 4:12 ~ In this metaphor, which has reference to the inner life of a believer, we have very plainly the idea of secrecy. It is a spring shut up: just as there were springs in the East, over which… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.18.17

Saturday, November 18, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.” ~ Song of Solomon 4:12 ~ In this metaphor, which has reference to the inner life of a believer, we have very plainly the idea of secrecy. It is a spring shut up: just as there were springs in the East, over which… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.17.17

Friday, November 17, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby” ~ Ecclesiastes 10:9 ~ Oppressors may get their will of poor and needy men as easily as they can split logs of wood, but they had better mind, for it is a dangerous business, and a splinter from a tree has often… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.17.17

Friday, November 17, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “To whom be glory for ever. Amen” ~ Romans 11:36 ~ To whom be glory for ever.” This should be the single desire of the Christian. All other wishes must be subservient and tributary to this one. The Christian may wish for prosperity in his business, but only so far… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.16.17

Thursday, November 16, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty” ~ Isaiah 33:17 ~ The more you know about Christ the less will you be satisfied with superficial views of Him; and the more deeply you study His transactions in the eternal covenant, His engagements on your behalf as the eternal… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.16.17

Thursday, November 16, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord is my portion, saith my soul.” ~ Lamentations 3:24 ~ It is not “The Lord is partly my portion,” nor “The Lord is in my portion”; but He Himself makes up the sum total of my soul’s inheritance. Within the circumference of that circle lies all that we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.15.17

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.” ~ Psalm 68:28 ~ It is our wisdom, as well as our necessity, to beseech God continually to strengthen that which He has wrought in us. It is because of their neglect in this, that many Christians may blame themselves… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.15.17

Friday, November 15, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord’s portion is His people.” ~ Deuteronomy 32:9 ~ How are they His? By His own sovereign choice. He chose them, and set His love upon them. This He did altogether apart from any goodness in them at the time, or any goodness which He foresaw in them. He… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.14.17

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.” ~ Genesis 29:26 ~ WE do not excuse Laban for his dishonesty, but we scruple not to learn from the custom which he quoted as his excuse. There are some things… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.14.17

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will cut off them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham.”  ~ Zephaniah 1:5 ~ Such persons thought themselves safe because they were with both parties: they went with the followers of Jehovah, and bowed at the same time to Malcham. But duplicity… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.13.17

Monday, November 13, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Men ought always to pray.” ~ Luke 18:1 ~ If men ought always to pray and not to faint, much more Christian men. Jesus has sent His church into the world on the same errand upon which He Himself came, and this mission includes intercession. What if I say that… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.13.17

Monday, November 13, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Men ought always to pray.” ~ Luke 18:1 ~ IF men ought always to pray and not to faint, much more Christian men. Jesus has sent His church into the world on the same errand upon which He Himself came, and this mission includes intercession. What if I say that… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.13.17

Monday, November 13, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon  “The branch cannot bear fruit of itself.” ~ John 15:4 ~ How did you begin to bear fruit? It was when you came to Jesus and cast yourselves on His great atonement, and rested on His finished righteousness. Ah! what fruit you had then! Do you remember those early days?… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.12.17

Sunday, November 12, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And it came to pass in those days, that He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.” ~ Luke 6:12 ~ If ever one of woman born might have lived without prayer, it was our spotless, perfect Lord, and yet none was… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.12.17

Sunday, November 12, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The trial of your faith.” ~ 1 Peter 1:7 ~ Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials. Faith never prospers so well as when all things are against her:… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.11.17

Saturday, November 11, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He shall choose our inheritance for us.” ~ Psalm 47:4~ Believer, if your inheritance be a lowly one you should be satisfied with your earthly portion; for you may rest assured that it is the fittest for you. Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.11.17

Saturday, November 11, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Underneath are the everlasting arms.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:27 ~ God—the eternal God—is Himself our support at all times, and especially when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian sinks very low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is humbled before… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.10.17

Friday, November 10, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “It is enough for the disciple that he be as His Master.” ~ Matthew 10:25 ~ NO one will dispute this statement, for it would be unseemly for the servant to be exalted above his Master. When our Lord was on earth, what was the treatment He received? Were His… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.10.17

Friday, November 10, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “It is enough for the disciple that he be as His Master.” ~ Matthew 10:25 ~ No one will dispute this statement, for it would be unseemly for the servant to be exalted above his Master. When our Lord was on earth, what was the treatment He received? Were His… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.10.17

Friday, November 10, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The eternal God is thy refuge.” ~Deuteronomy 33:27 ~ The word refuge may be translated “mansion,” or “abiding-place,” which gives the thought that God is our abode, our home. There is a fulness and sweetness in the metaphor, for dear to our hearts is our home, although it be the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.09.17

Thursday, November 09, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” ~ Isaiah 33:16 ~ Do you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil His promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? O… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.09.17

Thursday, November 09, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “So walk ye in Him.” ~ Colossians 2:6 ~ If we have received Christ Himself in our inmost hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate acquaintance with Him by a walk of faith in Him. Walking implies action. Our religion is not to be confined to our closet; we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.08.17

Wednesday, November 08, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with My disciples? “~ Mark 14:14 ~ Jerusalem at the time of the passover was one great inn; each householder had invited his own friends, but no one had invited the Saviour, and He had no dwelling… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.08.17

Wednesday, November 08, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord.” ~ Colossians 2:6 ~ The life of faith is represented as receiving—an act which implies the very opposite of anything like merit. It is simply the acceptance of a gift. As the earth drinks in the rain, as the sea receives the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.07.17

Tuesday, November 07, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And ye shall be witnesses unto Me.” ~ Acts 1:8 ~ In order to learn how to discharge your duty as a witness for Christ, look at His example. He is always witnessing: by the well of Samaria, or in the Temple of Jerusalem: by the lake of Gennesaret, or… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.07.17

Tuesday, November 07, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.” ~ Isaiah 49:16 ~ No doubt a part of the wonder which is concentrated in the word “Behold,” is excited by the unbelieving lamentation of the preceding sentence. Zion said, “The Lord hath forsaken me, and my God hath… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.06.17

Monday, November 06, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.” ~ Hebrews 9:20 ~ There is a strange power about the very name of blood, and the sight of it is always affecting. A kind heart cannot bear to see a sparrow bleed, and unless familiarized… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.06.17

Monday, November 06, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty.” ~ Isaiah 44:3 ~ When a believer has fallen into a low, sad state of feeling, he often tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with dark and doleful fears. Such is not the way to rise from… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.05.17

Sunday, November 05, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” ~ Psalm 100:4 ~ Our Lord would have all His people rich in high and happy thoughts concerning His blessed person. Jesus is not content that His brethren should think meanly of Him; it is His pleasure that His espoused ones should… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.05.17

Sunday, November 05, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.” ~ Isaiah 54:17 ~ This day is notable in English history for two great deliverances wrought by God for us. On this day the plot of the Papists to destroy our Houses of Parliament was discovered, 1605. “While for our princes… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.04.17

Saturday, November 04, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In Thy light shall we see light.” ~ Psalm 36:9 ~ No lips can tell the love of Christ to the heart till Jesus Himself shall speak within. Descriptions all fall flat and tame unless the Holy Ghost fills them with life and power; till our Immanuel reveals Himself within,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.04.17

Saturday, November 04, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For my strength is made perfect in weakness.”  ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 ~ A primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God’s work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God’s warrior marches forth to battle, strong in his own… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.03.17

Friday, November 03, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.”  ~ 2 Chronicles 30:27 ~ Prayer is the never-failing resort of the Christian in any case, in every plight. When you cannot use your sword you may take to the weapon of all-prayer. Your powder may be damp,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.03.17

Friday, November 03, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, he prayeth.” ~ Acts 9:11 ~ Prayers are instantly noticed in heaven. The moment Saul began to pray the Lord heard him. Here is comfort for the distressed but praying soul. Oftentimes a poor broken-hearted one bends his knee, but can only utter his wailing in the language of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.02.17

Thursday, November 02, 2017 This Evening’s Meditation “Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.” ~ Psalms 119:53 ~ My soul, feelest thou this holy shuddering at the sins of others? for otherwise thou lackest inward holiness. David’s cheeks were wet with rivers of waters because of prevailing unholiness, Jeremiah desired eyes like fountains that… (more…)

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