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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.05.15

Saturday, September 05, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar.”—Psalm 120:5. AS a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry “Woe is me.” Jesus did not pray O that… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.04.15

Friday, September 04, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have.”—Leviticus 19:36. WEIGHTS, and scales, and measures were to be all according to the standard of justice. Surely no Christian man will need to be reminded of this in his business, for if righteousness were banished from… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.04.15

Friday, September 04, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will; be thou clean.”—Mark 1:41. PRIMEVAL darkness heard the Almighty fiat, “light be,” and straightway light was, and the word of the Lord Jesus is equal in majesty to that ancient word of power. Redemption like Creation has its word of might. Jesus speaks and it is done. Leprosy… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.03.15

Thursday, September 03, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord trieth the righteous.”—Psalm 11:5. ALL events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God’s ordinance the armies of trial march forth in array, clad in their… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.03.15

Thursday, September 03, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou whom my soul loveth.”—Song of Solomon 1:7. IT is well to be able, without any “if” or “but,” to say of the Lord Jesus—“Thou whom my soul loveth.” Many can only say of Jesus that they hope they love Him; they trust they love Him; but only a poor… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.02.15

Wednesday, September 02, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.”—John 4:48. A craving after marvels was a symptom of the sickly state of men’s minds in our Lord’s day; they refused solid nourishment, and pined after mere wonder. The gospel which they so greatly needed they would not have; the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.02.15

Wednesday, September 02, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell Him of her.”—Mark 1:30. VERY interesting is this little peep into the house of the Apostolic Fisherman. We see at once that household joys and cares are no hindrance to the full exercise of ministry, nay, that… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.01.15

Tuesday, September 01, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Trust in Him at all times.”—Psalm 62:8. FAITH is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly business. It is only as we learn to trust in God for the supply… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.01.15

Tuesday, September 01, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.”—Psalm 73:24. THE Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be constantly led astray by it, he resolved that God’s counsel should henceforth… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.31.15

Monday, August 31, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If we walk in the light, as He is in the light.”—1 John 1:7. AS He is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as He is whom we call “Our Father,” of whom it is… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.31.15

Monday, August 31, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “On mine arm shall they trust.”—Isaiah 51:5. IN seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail, he must simply… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.30.15

Sunday, August 30, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.”—Jeremiah 17:14 “I have seen His ways, and will heal him.”—Isaiah 57:18. IT is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally healed by men, but even then the honour is to be given to God… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.30.15

Sunday, August 30, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Wait on the Lord.”—Psalm 27:14. IT may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s warriors than standing still. There are hours of perplexity when the most… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.29.15

Saturday, August 29, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.”—Numbers 6:4. NAZARITES had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate the obligation, they… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.29.15

Saturday, August 29, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Have mercy upon me, O God.”—Psalm 51:1. WHEN Dr. Carey was suffering from a dangerous illness, the enquiry was made, “If this sickness should prove fatal, what passage would you select as the text for your funeral sermon?” He replied, “Oh, I feel that such a poor sinful creature is… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.28.15

Friday, August 28, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Sing, O barren.”—Isaiah 54:1. THOUGH we have brought forth some fruit unto Christ, and have a joyful hope that we are “plants of His own right hand planting,” yet there are times when we feel very barren. Prayer is lifeless, love is cold, faith is weak, each grace in the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.28.15

Friday, August 28, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Oil for the light.”—Exodus 25:6. MY soul, how much thou needest this, for thy lamp will not long continue to burn without it. Thy snuff will smoke and become an offence if light be gone, and gone it will be if oil be absent. Thou hast no oil well springing… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.27.15

Thursday, August 27, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”—Psalm 31:5. THESE words have been frequently used by holy men in their hour of departure. We may profitably consider them this evening. The object of the faithful man’s solicitude in life and death… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.27.15

Thursday, August 27, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “How long will it be ere they believe me?”—Numbers 14:11. STRIVE with all diligence to keep out that monster unbelief. It so dishonours Christ, that He will withdraw His visible presence if we insult Him by indulging it. It is true it is a weed, the seeds of which we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.26.15

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The people, when they beheld Him, were greatly amazed, and running to Him saluted Him.”—Mark 9:15. HOW great the difference between Moses and Jesus! When the prophet of Horeb had been forty days upon the mountain, he underwent a kind of transfiguration, so that his countenance shone with exceeding brightness,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.26.15

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He hath commanded His covenant for ever.”—Psalms 111:9. THE Lord’s people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them into its banqueting house and waves its banner of love. They delight to contemplate the antiquity of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.25.15

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.”—Acts 8:37. THESE words may answer your scruples, devout reader, concerning the ordinances. Perhaps you say, “I should be afraid to be baptized; it is such a solemn thing to avow myself to be dead with Christ, and buried with Him. should… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.25.15

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “His fruit was sweet to my taste.”—Song of Solomon 2:3. FAITH, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: “Look unto me and be ye saved.” It is hearing: “Hear, and your soul shall live.” Faith is smelling: “All thy garments smell… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.24.15

Monday, August 24, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.”—Exodus 22:6. BUT what restitution can he make who casts abroad the fire-brands of error, or the coals… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.24.15

Monday, August 24, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The breaker is come up before them.”—Micah 2:13. INASMUCH as Jesus has gone before us, things remain not as they would have been had He never passed that way. He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now thou faint-hearted warrior. Not only has Christ travelled the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.23.15

Sunday, August 23, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.”—Ephesians 3:17. BEYOND measure it is desirable that we, as believers, should have the person of Jesus constantly before us, to inflame our love towards Him, and to increase our knowledge of Him. I would to God that my readers were all… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.23.15

Sunday, August 23, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The voice of weeping shall be no more heard.”—Isaiah 65:19. THE glorified weep no more, for all outward a causes of grief are gone. There are no broken friendships, nor blighted prospects in heaven. Poverty, famine, peril, persecution, and slander, are unknown there. No pain distresses, no thought of death… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.22.15

Saturday, August 22, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The unsearchable riches of Christ.”—Ephesians 3:8. MY Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement of reason, the dream of imagination, or the eloquence of words. They are unsearchable! You may look, and study, and weigh, but Jesus is a greater Saviour than you think Him to be… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.22.15

Saturday, August 22, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.”—Song of Solomon 5:8. SUCH is the language of the believer panting after present fellowship with Jesus, he is sick for his Lord. Gracious souls are never perfectly at… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.21.15

Friday, August 21, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye Me in vain.”—Isaiah 45:19. WE may gain much solace by considering what God has not said. What He has said is inexpressibly full of comfort and delight; what He has not said is scarcely less rich in consolation. It was… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.21.15

Friday, August 21, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He that watereth shall be watered also himself.”—Proverbs 11:25. WE are here taught the great lesson, that to get, we must give; that to accumulate, we must scatter; that to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that in order to become spiritually vigorous, we must seek the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.20.15

Thursday, August 20, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.”—Nehemiah 3:8. CITIES well fortified have broad walls, and so had Jerusalem in her glory. The New Jerusalem must, in like manner, be surrounded and preserved by a broad wall of nonconformity to the world, and separation from its customs and spirit. The… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.20.15

Thursday, August 20, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The sweet psalmist of Israel.”—2 Samuel 23:1. AMONG all the saints whose lives are recorded in Holy Writ, David possesses an experience of the most striking, varied, and instructive character. In his history we meet with trials and temptations not to be discovered, as a whole, in other saints of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.19.15

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for Thou art my strength.”—Psalm 31:4. OUR spiritual foes are of the serpent’s brood, a and seek to ensnare us by subtlety. The prayer before us supposes the possibility of the believer being caught like a bird.… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.19.15

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord.”—Micah 5:4. CHRIST’S reign in His Church is that of a shepherd-king. He has supremacy, but it is the superiority of a wise and tender shepherd over his needy and loving flock; He commands and receives obedience, but it is… (more…)

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