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Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.19.16

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Amen.”—Revelation 3:14. THE word AMEN solemnly confirms that which went before; and Jesus is the great Confirmer; immutable, for ever is “the Amen” in all His promises. Sinner, I would comfort thee with this reflection. Jesus Christ said, “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.19.16

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.” ~ Matthew 27:51 ~ NO mean miracle was wrought in the rending of so strong and thick a veil; but it was not intended merely as a display of power—many lessons were herein taught… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.18.16

Monday, April 18, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good.” ~ Genesis 32:12 ~ WHEN Jacob was on the other side of the brook Jabbok, and Esau was coming with armed men, he earnestly sought God’s protection, and as a master reason he pleaded, “And Thou saidst, I will surely do… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.18.16

Monday, April 18, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “She bound the scarlet line in the window.”~ Joshua 2:21 ~ RAHAB depended for her preservation upon the promise of the spies, whom she looked upon as the representatives of the God of Israel. Her faith was simple and firm, but it was very obedient. To tie the scarlet line… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.17.16

Sunday, April 17, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We would see Jesus.” ~ John 12:21 ~ EVERMORE the worldling’s cry is, Who will show us any good?” He seeks satisfaction in earthly comforts, enjoyments, and riches. But the quickened sinner knows of only one good. “O that I knew where I might find HIM!” When he is truly… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.17.16

Sunday, April 17, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We are come to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.” ~ Hebrews 12:24 ~ READER, have you come to the blood of sprinkling? The question is not whether you have come to a knowledge of doctrine, or an observance of ceremonies, or to a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.16.16

Saturday, April 16, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.”~ Exodus 17:12 ~ SO mighty was the prayer of Moses, that all depended upon it. The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul’s conflict, force… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.16.16

Saturday, April 16, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The precious blood of Christ.”~ 1 Peter 1:19 ~ STANDING at the foot of the cross, we see hands, and feet, and side, all distilling crimson streams of precious blood. It is “precious” because of its redeeming and atoning efficacy. By it the sins of Christ’s people are atoned for;… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.15.16

Friday, April 15, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Lift them up for ever.”~ Psalm 28:9 GOD’S people need lifting up. They are very heavy by nature. They have no wings, or, if they have, they are like the dove of old which lay among the pots; and they need divine grace to make them mount on wings covered… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.15.16

Friday, April 15, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” ~ Psalm 22:1 ~ WE here behold the Saviour in the depth of His sorrows. No other place so well shows the griefs of Christ as Calvary, and no other moment at Calvary is so full of agony as that in… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.14.16

Thursday, April 14, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head.” ~ Psalm 22:7 ~ MOCKERY was a great ingredient in our Lord’s woe. Judas mocked Him in the garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed Him to scorn; Herod set Him at… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.13.16

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.” ~ Leviticus 1:4 ~ OUR Lord’s being made “sin for us” is set forth here by the very significant transfer of sin to the bullock, which… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.13.16

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me.” ~ Song of Solomon 1:13 ~ MYRRH may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connection with sacrifice. But why is He compared to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.12.16

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The king’s garden.”~Nehemiah 3:15 ~ MENTION of the king’s garden by Nehemiah brings to mind the paradise which the King of kings prepared for Adam. Sin has utterly ruined that fair abode of all delights, and driven forth the children of men to till the ground, which yields thorns and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.12.16

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.” ~Psalm 22:14 ~ OUR blessed Lord experienced a terrible sinking and melting of soul. “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?” Deep depression of spirit is the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.11.16

Monday, April 11, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.”~ Psalm 25:18 ~ IT is well for us when prayers about our sorrows are linked with pleas concerning our sins—when, being under God’s hand, we are not wholly taken up with our pain, but remember our offences against… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.11.16

Monday, April 11, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.”~ Psalm 22:14 ~ DID earth or heaven ever behold a sadder spectacle of woe! In soul and body, our Lord felt Himself to be weak as water poured upon the ground. The placing of the cross… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.10.16

Friday, April 10, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “For there stood by me this night the angel of God.” ~ Acts 27:23. ~ TEMPEST and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had brought the crew of the vessel into a sad case; one man alone among them remained perfectly calm, and by his word the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.10.16

Sunday, April 10, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The place which is called Calvary.” ~ Luke 23:33 ~ THE hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross; the temple of heavenly blessing is founded upon the riven rock—riven by the spear which pierced His side. No… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.09.16

Friday, April 09, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thy gentleness hath made me great.” ~Psalm 18:35 ~ THE words are capable of being translated, “Thy goodness hath made me great.” David gratefully ascribed all his greatness not to his own goodness, but the goodness of God. “Thy providence,” is another reading; and providence is nothing more than goodness… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.09.16

Saturday, April 09, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.”~ Luke 23:27 ~ AMID the rabble rout which hounded the Redeemer to His doom, there were some gracious souls whose bitter anguish sought vent in wailing and lamentations—fit music to accompany that… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.08.16

Friday, April 08, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me.” ~ Psalm 23:4 ~ BEHOLD, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a bright light may shine within us when it is all dark without! How firm, how happy, how calm, how peaceful we… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.08.16

Friday, April 08, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?”~ Luke 23:31 ~ AMONG other interpretations of this suggestive question, the following is full of teaching: “If the innocent substitute for sinners, suffer thus, what will be done when the sinner himself—the dry tree—shall… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.07.16

Thursday, April 07, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness.” ~ Psalm 51:14 ~ IN this SOLEMN CONFESSION, it is pleasing to observe that David plainly names his sin. He does not call it manslaughter, nor speak of it as… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.07.16

Thursday, April 07, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?” ~ Psalm 4:2 ~ AN instructive writer has made a mournful list of the honours which the blinded people of Israel awarded to their long-expected King. (1.) They gave Him a procession of honour, in which… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.06.16

Wednesday, April 06, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In the name of the Lord I will destroy them.” ~ Psalm 118:12 ~ OUR Lord Jesus, by His death, did not purchase a right to a part of us only, but to the entire man. He contemplated in His passion the sanctification of us wholly, spirit, soul, and body;… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.06.16

Wednesday, April 06, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp.” ~ Hebrews 13:13 ~ JESUS, bearing His cross, went forth to suffer without the gate. The Christian’s reason for leaving the camp of the world’s sin and religion is not because he loves to be singular, but because Jesus did… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.05.16

Tuesday, April 05, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Before honour is humility.”~ Proverbs 15:33 ~ HUMILIATION of soul always brings a positive blessing with it. If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love. He who desires close communion with Christ should remember the word of the Lord, “To this man will I… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.05.16

Tuesday, April 05, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “On Him they laid the cross, that He might bear it after Jesus.”~ Luke 23:26 ~ WE see in Simon’s carrying the cross a picture of the work of the Church throughout all generations; she is the cross-bearer after Jesus. Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.04.16

Monday, April 03, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” ~ Isaiah 53:6 ~ HERE a confession of sin common to all the elect people of God. They have all fallen, and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.04.16

Monday, April 04, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” ~ 2 Corinthians 5:21 ~ MOURNING Christian! why weepest thou? Art thou mourning over thine own corruptions? Look to thy perfect Lord, and remember, thou… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.03.16

Sunday, April 03, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”~ Isaiah 53:6 ~ HERE a confession of sin common to all the elect people of God. They have all fallen, and therefore,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.03.16

Sunday, April 03, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They took Jesus, and led Him away.” ~ John 19:16 ~ HE had been all night in agony, He had spent the early morning at the hall of Caiaphas, He had been hurried from Caiaphas to Pilate, from Pilate to Herod, and from Herod back again to Pilate; He had,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.02.16

Saturday, April 02, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He shall see His seed; He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.”~ Isaiah 53:10 ~ PLEAD for the speedy fulfillment of this promise, all ye who love the Lord. It is easy work to pray when we are grounded and bottomed,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.02.16

Saturday, April 02, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He answered him to never a word.” ~ Matthew 27:14 ~ HE had never been slow of speech when He could bless the sons of men, but He would not say a single word for Himself. “Never man spake like this Man,” and never man was silent like Him. Was… (more…)

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