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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.15.16

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” ~ 2 Timothy 2:1 ~ CHRIST has grace without measure in Himself, but He hath not retained it for Himself. As the reservoir empties itself into the pipes, so hath Christ emptied out His grace for His people. “Of His… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.14.16

Monday, March 14, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will take heed to my ways.” ~ Psalm 39:1 ~ FELLOW-PILGRIM, say not in your heart, “I will go hither and thither, and I shall not sin;” for you are never so out of danger of sinning as to boast of security. The road is very miry, it will… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.14.16

Monday, March 14, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” ~ 1 Corinthians 10:12 ~ IT is a curious fact, that there is such a thing as being proud of grace. A man says, “I have great faith, I shall not fall; poor little faith may, but I never… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.13.16

Sunday, March 13, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.” ~ Genesis 8:9 ~ WEARIED out with her wanderings, the dove returns at length to the ark as her only resting place. How heavily she flies—she will drop—she will never reach the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.13.16

Sunday, March 13, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Why sit we here until we die?” ~2 Kings 7:3 ~ DEAR reader, this little book was mainly intended for the edification of believers, but if you are yet unsaved, our heart yearns over you: and we would fain say a word which may be blessed to you. Open your… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.12.16

Saturday, March 12, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “To whom belongest thou?”~ 1 Samuel 30:13 ~ NO neutralities can exist in religion. We are either ranked under the banner of Prince Immanuel, to serve and fight His battles, or we are vassals of the black prince, Satan. “To whom belongest thou? “Reader, let me assist you in your… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.12.16

Saturday, March 12, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou shalt love thy neighbour.”~ Matthew 5:43 ~ LOVE thy neighbour.” Perhaps he rolls in riches, and thou art poor, and living in thy little cot side-by-side with his lordly mansion; thou seest every day his estates, his fine linen, and his sumptuous banquets; God has given him these gifts,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.11.16

Friday, March 11, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “Thou shalt be called, Sought out.” ~ Isaiah 62:12 ~ THE surpassing grace of God is seen very clearly in that we were not only sought, but sought out. Men seek for a thing which is lost upon the floor of the house, but in such a case there… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.11.16

Friday, March 11, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Sin . . . exceeding sinful.” ~ Romans 7:13 ~ BEWARE of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender, that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear lest they should offend against God. But… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.10.16

Thursday, March 10, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Man . . . is of few days, and full of trouble.”~ Job 14:1 ~ IT may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to remember this mournful fact, for it may lead us to set loose by earthly things. There is nothing very pleasant in the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.10.16

Thursday, March 10, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved.” ~ Psalm 30:6 ~ MOAB settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel.” Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.09.16

Wednesday, March 09, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Abide in Me.”~ John 15:4 ~ COMMUNION with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.09.16

Wednesday, March 09, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Yea, He is altogether lovely.”~ Song of Solomon 5:16 ~ THE superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair, He is lovely. Surely the people of God can fully justify the use of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.08.16

Tuesday, March 08, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “She called his name Ben-oni (son of sorrow), but his father called him Benjamin (son of my right hand).” ~ Genesis 35:18 ~ TO every matter there is a bright as well as a dark side. Rachel was overwhelmed with the sorrow of her own travail and death; Jacob, though… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.08.16

Tuesday, March 08, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”~ Acts 14:22 ~ GOD’S people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when He chose His people, that they should be an untried people. They were chosen in the furnace of affliction; they were never chosen to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.07.16

Monday, March 07, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “it is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man.”~ Psalm 118:8 ~ DOUBTLESS the reader has been tried with the temptation to rely upon the things which are seen, instead of resting alone upon the invisible God. Christians often look to man for help and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.07.16

Monday, March 07, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Have faith in God.” ~ Mark 11:22 ~ FAITH is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.06.16

Sunday, March 06, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Before destruction the heart of man is haughty.” ~ Proverbs 18:12 ~ IT is an old and common saying, that “coming events cast their shadows before them;” the wise man teaches us that a haughty heart is the prophetic prelude of evil. Pride is as safely the sign of destruction… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.06.16

Sunday, March 06, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye must be born again.”—John 3:7. REGENERATION is a subject which lies at the very basis of salvation, and we should be very diligent to take heed that we really are “born again,” for there are many who fancy they are, who are not. Be assured that the name of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.05.15

Saturday, March 05, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.”—Psalm 35:3. WHAT does this sweet prayer teach me? It shall be my evening’s petition; but first let it yield me an instructive meditation. The text informs me first of all that David had his doubts; for why should he pray, “Say unto… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.05.15

Saturday March 05, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let us not sleep, as do others.”~ 1 Thessalonians 5:6 ~ THERE are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among the rest, let me strongly advise Christians to converse together concerning the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said to themselves, “To… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.04.16

Friday, March 04, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house.” ~ Psalm 36:8 ~ SHEBA’S queen was amazed at the sumptuousness of Solomon’s table. She lost all heart when she saw the provision of a single day; and she marvelled equally at the company of servants who were feasted… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.04.16

Friday March 04, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My grace is sufficient for thee.”~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 ~ IF none of God’s saints were poor and tried, we should not know half so well the consolations of divine grace. When we find the wanderer who has not where to lay his head, who yet can say, “Still will… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.03.16

Thursday, MARCH 03, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove.” ~ Matthew 3:16 ~ AS the Spirit of God descended upon the Lord Jesus, the head, so He also, in measure, descends upon the members of the mystical body. His descent is to us after the same fashion as that… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.03.16

Thursday March 03, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” ~ Isaiah 48.10 ~ COMFORT thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Does not the word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yea, is it not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.02.16

Wednesday, MARCH 02, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.” ~ 1 Samuel 13:20 ~ WE are engaged in a great war with the Philistines of evil. Every weapon within our reach must be used. Preaching,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.02.16

Wednesday, March 02, 2016 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 ~ 03.01.16

TUESDAY, MARCH 01, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.”~ Song of Solomon 4:16 ~ ANYTHING is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.01.16

Tuesday, MARCH 01, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.” ~ Song of Solomon 4:16 ~ ANYTHING is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.29.16

Monday, February 29, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Now we have received  the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” ~1 Corinthians 2:12 ~ DEAR reader, have you received the spirit which is of God, wrought by the Holy Ghost in your soul? The necessity of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.29.16

Monday, February 29, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “With lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”—Jeremiah 31:3. THE thunders of the law and the terrors of judgment are all used to bring us to Christ; but the final victory is effected by lovingkindness. The prodigal set out to his father’s house from a sense of need; but his father saw… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.28.16

Sunday, February 28, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah.”~ 1 Kings 17:16 ~ SEE the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had daily necessities. She had herself and her son to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.28.16

Sunday, February 28, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My expectation is from Him.”~ Psalm 62:5 ~ IT is the believer’s privilege to use this language. If he is looking for aught from the world, it is a poor “expectation” indeed. But if he looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or spiritual blessings,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.27.16

Saturday, February 27, 2016 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 ~ 02.27.16

Saturday, February 27, 2016 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, the… (more…)