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Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.14.16

Thursday, January 14, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.” ~ Matthew 14:30 ~ SINKING times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer at starting upon his venturous journey, but when he began to sink his danger made him a suppliant, and his cry though late was not… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.14.16

Thursday, January 14, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Mighty to save.”—Isaiah 63:1. BY the words “to save” we understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire onward to complete sanctification. The words are multum in parro: indeed, here is all mercy in one word. Christ is not only “mighty to save” those… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.13.16

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The iron did swim.” ~ 2 Kings 6:9 ~ THE axe-head seemed hopelessly lost, and as it was borrowed, the honour of the prophetic band was likely to be imperilled, and so the name of their God to be compromised. Contrary to all expectation, the iron was made to mount… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.13.16

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.” ~ 1 Kings 22:48 ~ SOLOMON’S ships had returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat’s vessels never reached the land of gold. Providence prospers one, and frustrates the desires… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.12.16

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.” ~ Job 36:2 ~ WE ought not to court publicity for our virtue, or notoriety for our zeal; but, at the same time, it is a sin to be always seeking to hide that which God has bestowed upon us for the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.12.16

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye are Christ’s.” ~1 Corinthians 3:23 ~ YE are Christ’s.” You are His by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; His by His bloody purchase, for He counted down the price for your redemption; His by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to Him; His by relation,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.11.16

Monday, January 11, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “I have prayed for thee.”—Luke 22:32. HOW encouraging is the thought of the Redeemer’s never-ceasing intercession for us. When we pray, He pleads for us; and when we are not praying, He is advocating our cause, and by His supplications shielding us from unseen dangers. Notice the word of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.11.16

Monday, January 11, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “These have no root.”—Luke 8:13. MY soul, examine thyself this morning by the light of this text. Thou hast received the word with joy; thy feelings have been stirred and a lively impression has been made; but, remember, that to receive the word in the ear is one thing, and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.10.16

Sunday, January 10, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In my flesh shall I see God.”—Job 19:26. MARK the subject of Job’s devout anticipation “I shall see God.” He does not say, “I shall see the saints”—though doubtless that will be untold felicity—but, “I shall see God.” It is not—”I shall see the pearly gates, I shall behold the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.10.16

Sunday, January 10, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.” ~ 2 Timothy 4:8 ~ DOUBTING one! thou hast often said, “I fear I shall never enter heaven.” Fear not! all the people of God shall enter there. I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who exclaimed, “I… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.09.16

Saturday, January 09, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Serve the Lord with gladness.”—Psalm 100:2. DELIGHT in divine service is a token of acceptance. Those who serve God with a sad countenance, because they do what is unpleasant to them, are not serving Him at all; they bring the form of homage, but the life is absent. Our God… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.09.16

Saturday, January 09, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will be their God.”—Jeremiah 31:33. CHRISTIAN! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, “My cup runneth over; I have… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.08.16

Friday, January 08, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thy love is better than wine.”—Song of Solomon 1:2. NOTHING gives the believer so much joy as fellowship with Christ. He has enjoyment as others have in the common mercies of life, he can be glad both in God’s gifts and God’s works; but in all these separately, yea, and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.08.16

Friday, January 08, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The iniquity of the holy things.” ~ Exodus 28:38 ~ WHAT a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be humbling and profitable for us to pause awhile and see this sad sight. The iniquities of our public worship, its hypocrisy, formality,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.07.16

Thursday, January 07, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My sister, my spouse.”—Song of Solomon 4:12. OBSERVE the sweet titles with which the heavenly Solomon with intense affection addresses His bride the church. “My sister, one near to me by ties of nature, partaker of the same sympathies. My spouse, nearest and dearest, united to me by the tenderest… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.07.16

Thursday, January 07, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For me to live is Christ.”—Philippians 1:21. THE believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt. From the moment… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.06.16

Wednesday, January 06, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” ~ 1 Peter 5:7 ~ IT is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel—”HE careth for me.” Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.05.16

Tuesday, January 05, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And God saw the light.” ~ Genesis 1:4 ~ THIS morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord’s dividing it from the darkness, we now note the special eye which the Lord had for the light. “God saw the light”—He looked at it with complacency, gazed upon… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.05.16

Tuesday, January 06, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” ~ 1 Peter 5:7 ~ IT is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel—”HE careth for me.” Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.04.16

Monday, January 04, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.” ~ Genesis 42:8 ~ THIS morning our desires went forth for growth in our acquaintance with the Lord Jesus; it may be well to-night to consider a kindred topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph’s knowledge of us. This was most blessedly… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.04.16

Monday, January 04, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” ~ 2 Peter 3:18 ~ GROW in grace”—not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fulness, constancy,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.03.16

Sunday, January 03, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” ~ Luke 3:4 ~ THE voice crying in the wilderness demanded a way for the Lord, a way prepared, and a way prepared in the wilderness. I would be attentive to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.03.16

Sunday, January 03, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will give thee for a covenant of the people.” ~Isaiah 49:8 ~ JESUS Christ is Himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as one of its gifts, He is the property of every believer. Believer, canst thou estimate what thou hast gotten in Christ? “In Him dwelleth… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.02.16

Saturday, January 02, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let the people renew their strength.”—Isaiah 41:1. ALL things on earth need to be renewed. No created thing continueth by itself. “Thou renewest the face of the earth,” was the Psalmist’s utterance. Even the trees, which wear not themselves with care, nor shorten their lives with labour, must drink of the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.02.16

Saturday, January 02, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Continue in prayer.”—Colossians 4:2. IT is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, “Then began men to call upon the name of the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.01.16

  friday, January 01, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We will be glad and rejoice in Thee.” ~ Song of Solomon 1:4 ~ WE will be glad and rejoice in Thee. We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.01.16

Friday, January 01, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” ~ Joshua 5:12 ~ ISRAEL’S weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with milk and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon 12.31.15

  Thursday, December 31, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.” ~ Jeremiah 8:20 ~ NOT saved! Dear reader, is this your mournful plight? Warned of the judgment to come, bidden to escape for your life, and yet at this moment not saved! You know the way… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.31.15

thursday, December 31, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” ~ Joshua 5:1 ~ ISRAEL’S weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with milk and honey, and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.30.15

  Wednesday, December 30, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?” ~ 2 Samuel 2:26 ~ FF, O my reader! thou art merely a professor, and not a possessor of the faith that is in Christ Jesus, the following lines are a true ketch of thine end. You… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.30.15

Wednesday, December 30, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.” ~ Ecclesiastes 7:8 ~ LOOK at David’s Lord and Master; see His beginning. He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Would you see the end? He sits at His Father’s… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.29.15

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “What think ye of Christ?”—Matthew 22:42. THE great test of your soul’s health is, What think you of Christ? Is He to you “fairer than the children of men”—”the chief among ten thousand”—the “altogether lovely”? Wherever Christ is thus esteemed, all the faculties of the spiritual man exercise themselves with… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.29.15

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.”—1 Samuel 7:12. THE word “hitherto” seems like a hand pointing in the direction of the past. Twenty years or seventy, and yet, “hitherto the Lord hath helped!” Through poverty, through wealth, through sickness, through health, at home, abroad, on the land, on the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.28.15

Monday, December 28, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword.”—Matthew 10:34. THE Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if to do the right, and to believe the I true, should cause him to lose every earthly friend,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.28.15

Monday, December 28, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God.”—Galatians 2:20. WHEN the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood, He first of all said, “Live”; and this He did first, because life is one of the… (more…)

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