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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.23.15

Saturday, May 23, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.”—Psalm 138:8. MOST manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me—my faith is so steady that it will not stagger—my love is so warm that… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.22.15

Friday, May 22, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, Thou art fair, my Beloved.”—Song of Solomon 1:16. FROM every point our Well-beloved is most fair. Our various experiences are meant by our heavenly Father to furnish fresh standpoints from which we may view the loveliness of Jesus; how amiable are our trials when they carry us aloft where… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.22.15

Friday, May 22, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He led them forth by the right way.”—Psalm 107:7. CHANGEFUL experience often leads the anxious believer to enquire “Why is it thus with me?” I looked for light, but lo, darkness came; for peace, but behold trouble. I said in my heart, my mountain standeth firm, I shall never be… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.21.15

Thursday, May 21, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is corn in Egypt.”—Genesis 42:2. FAMINE pinched all the nations, and it seemed inevitable that Jacob and his family should suffer great want; but the God of providence, who never forgets the objects of electing love, had stored a granary for His people by giving the Egyptians warning of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.21.15

Thursday, May 21, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”—1 Peter 2:3. IF:—THEN, this is not a matter to be taken for granted concerning every one of the human race. “If:”—then there is a possibility and a probability that some may not have tasted that the Lord is gracious.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.20.15

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love.”—Hosea 11:4. OUR heavenly Father often draws us with the cords of love; but ah! how backward we are to run towards Him! How slowly do we respond to His gentle impulses! He draws us to exercise a more… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.20.15

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Marvellous lovingkindness.”—Psalm 17:7. WHEN we give our hearts with our alms, we give well, but we must often plead to a failure in this respect. Not so our Master and our Lord. His favours are always performed with the love of His heart. He does not send to us the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.19.15

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And he requested for himself that he might die.”—1 Kings 19:4. IT was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God had ordained an infinitely better lot, the man who should be carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and be translated, that… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.19.15

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.”—Ecclesiastes 10:7. UPSTARTS frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly great pine in obscurity. This is a riddle in providence whose solution will one day gladden the hearts of the upright; but it is so common… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.18.15

Monday, May 18, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Afterward.”—Hebrews 12:11. HOW happy are tried Christians, afterwards. No calm more deep than that which succeeds a storm. Who has not rejoiced in clear shinings after rain? Victorious banquets are for well-exercised soldiers. After killing the lion we eat the honey; after climbing the Hill Difficulty, we sit down in… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.18.15

Monday, May 18, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him.”—Colossians 2:9, 10. ALL the attributes of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead, whatever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.17.15

Sunday, May 17, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou art My servant; I have chosen thee.”—Isaiah 41:9. IF we have received the grace of God in our hearts, its practical effect has been to make us God’s servants. We may be unfaithful servants, we certainly are unprofitable ones, but yet, blessed be His name, we are His servants,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.17.15

Sunday, May 17, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “So to walk even as He walked.”—1 John 2:6. WHY should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be in a healthy state of soul—if they would escape the sickness of sin, and enjoy the vigour of growing grace, let Jesus be… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.16.15

Saturday, May 16, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your cattle, and your beasts.”—2 Kings 3:16,17.… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.16.15

Saturday, May 16, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.”—1 Timothy 6:17. OUR Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw His hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.15.15

Friday, May 15, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Made perfect.”—Hebrews 12:23. RECOLLECT that there are two kinds of perfection which the Christian needs—the perfection of justification in the person of Jesus, and the perfection of sanctification wrought in him by the Holy Spirit. At present, corruption yet remains even in the breasts of the regenerate—experience soon teaches us… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.15.15

Friday, May 15, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All that believe are justified.”—Acts 13:39. THE believer in Christ receives a present justification. Faith does not produce this fruit by-and-by, but now. So far as justification is the result of faith, it is given to the soul in the moment when it closes with Christ, and accepts Him as… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.14.15

Thursday, May 14, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom.”—Isaiah 40:11. WHO is He of whom such gracious words are spoken? He is THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Why doth He carry the lambs in His bosom? Because He hath a tender heart, and any weakness at once… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.14.15

Thursday, May 14, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Joint heirs with Christ.”—Romans 8:17. THE boundless realms of His Father’s universe are Christ’s by prescriptive right. As “heir of all things,” He is the sole proprietor of the vast creation of God, and He has admitted us to claim the whole as ours, by virtue of that deed of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.13.15

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou art my portion, O Lord.”—Psalm 119:57. OOK at thy possessions, O believer, and compare thy portion with the lot of thy fellowmen. Some of them have their portion in the field; they are rich, and their harvests yield them a golden increase; but what are harvests compared with thy… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.13.15

 Wednesday, May 13, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”—Psalm 30:5. CHRISTIAN! If thou art in a night of trial, think of the morrow; cheer up thy heart with the thought of the coming of thy Lord. Be patient, for “Lo! He comes with clouds descending.” Be patient!… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.12.15

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again.”—Genesis 46:3,4. JACOB must have shuddered at the thought of leaving the land of his father’s sojourning,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.12.15

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And will manifest myself to him.”—John 14:21. THE Lord Jesus gives special revelations of Himself to His people. Even if Scripture did not declare this, there are many of the children of God who could testify the truth of it from their own experience. They have had manifestations of their… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.11.15

Monday, May 11, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Only be thou strong and very courageous.”—Joshua 1:7. OUR God’s tender love for His servants makes Him concerned for the state of their inward feelings. He desires them to be of good courage. Some esteem it a small thing for a believer to be vexed with doubts and fears, but… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.11.15

Monday, May 11, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I am with you alway.”—Matthew 28:20. IT is well there is One who is ever the same, and who is ever with us. It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows of the sea of life. O my soul, set not thine affections upon rusting, moth-eaten, decaying… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.10.15

Sunday, May 10, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”—John 1:14. BELIEVER, YOU can bear your testimony that Christ is the only begotten of the Father, as well as the first begotten from the dead. You can say, “He is divine to me, if He be human to all… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.10.15

Sunday, May 10, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But now is Christ risen from the dead.”—1 Corinthians 15:20. THE whole system of Christianity rests upon the fact that “Christ is risen from the dead;” for, “If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain: ye are yet in your sins.” The… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.09.15

Saturday, May 09, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field . . . let us see if the vine flourish.”—Song of Solomon 7:11,12. THE church was about to engage in earnest labour, and desired her Lord’s company in it. She does not say, “I will go,” but “let us go.”… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.09.15

Saturday, May 09, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings.”—Ephesians 1:3. ALL the goodness of the past, the present, and the future, Christ bestows upon His people. In the mysterious ages of the past the Lord Jesus was His Father’s first elect, and in His election He gave us an interest, for… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.08.15

Friday, May 08, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Acquaint now thyself with Him.”—Job 22:21. IF we would rightly “acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace,” we must know Him as He has revealed Himself, not only in the unity of His essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of His persons. God said, “Let us make… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.08.15

Friday, May 08, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He that was healed wist not who it was.”—John 5:13. DEARS are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged a very weary length along the life of the poor impotent man. When Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word, while he lay at… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.07.15

Thursday, May 07, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.”—John 5:8. LIKE many others, the impotent man had been waiting for a wonder to be wrought, and a sign to be given. Wearily did he watch the I pool, but no angel came, or came not for him; yet,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.07.15

Thursday, May 07, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.”—Matthew 12:15. WHAT a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye of Jesus! Yet we read not that He was disgusted, but patiently waited on every case. What a singular variety of evils must have met at His… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.06.15

Wednesday, May 06, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All the days of my appointed time will I wait.”—Job 14:14. A little stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil; nothing renders security so pleasant as exposure to alarms. The bitter quassia cups of earth will give a relish to the new wine… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 05.06.15

Wednesday, May 06, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We dwell in Him.”—1 John 4:13. DO you want a house for your soul? Do you ask, “What is the purchase?” It is something less than proud human nature will like to give. It is without money and without price. Ah! you would like to pay a respectable rent! You… (more…)

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