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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.22.24

“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 men talk, but which ends in smoke; it is true divine… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.21.24

“He hath said.”~ Hebrews 13:5 ~ If we can only grasp these words by faith, we have an all-conquering weapon in our hand. What doubt will not be slain by this two-edged sword? What fear is there which shall not fall smitten with a deadly wound before this arrow from the bow of God’s covenant? Will not the distresses of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.21.24

“Understandest thou what thou readest?”~ Acts 8:30 ~ We should be abler teachers of others, and less liable to be carried about by every wind of doctrine, if we sought to have a more intelligent understanding of the Word of God. As the Holy Ghost, the Author of the Scriptures is He who alone can enlighten us rightly to understand… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.20.24

“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”~ Matthew 4:1 ~ A holy character does not avert temptation Jesus was tempted. When Satan tempts us, his sparks fall upon tinder; but in Christ’s case, it was like striking sparks on water; yet the enemy continued his evil work. Now, if the devil… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.20.24

“God, that comforteth those that are cast down.”~ 2 Corinthians 7:6 ~ And who comforteth like Him? Go to some poor, melancholy, distressed child of God; tell him sweet promises, and whisper in his ear choice words of comfort; he is like the deaf adder, he listens not to the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely. He… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.19.24

“He first findeth his own brother Simon.”~ John 1:41 ~ This case is an excellent pattern of all cases where spiritual life is vigorous. As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others. I will not believe that thou hast tasted of the honey of the gospel if thou canst eat it all thyself. True grace… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.19.24

“Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them.”~ Ezekiel 36:37 ~ Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarcely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication. You have found this true in… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.18.24

“Father, I have sinned.”~ Luke 15:18 ~ It is quite certain that those whom Christ has washed in His precious blood need not make a confession of sin, as culprits or criminals, before God the Judge, for Christ has for ever taken away all their sins in a legal sense, so that they no longer stand where they can be… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.18.24

“Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.~ Job 10:2 ~ Perhaps, O tried soul, the Lord is doing this to develop thy graces. There are some of thy graces which would never be discovered if it were not for thy trials. Dost thou not know that thy faith never looks so grand in summer weather as it does in winter?… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.17.24

“Whereas the Lord was there.”~ Ezekiel 35:10 ~ Edom’s princes saw the whole country left desolate, and counted upon its easy conquest; but there was one great difficulty in their way quite unknown to them The Lord was there”; and in His presence lay the special security of the chosen land. Whatever may be the machinations and devices of the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.17.24

“Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.”~ Genesis 25:11 ~ Hagar had once found deliverance there and Ishmael had drank from the water so graciously revealed by the God who liveth and seeth the sons of men; but this was a merely casual visit, such as worldlings pay to the Lord in times of need, when it serves their turn. They… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.16.24

“Thy good Spirit.”~ Nehemiah 9:20 ~ Common, too common is the sin of forgetting the Holy Spirit. This is folly and ingratitude. He deserves well at our hands, for He is good, supremely good. As God, He is good essentially. He shares in the threefold ascription of Holy, holy, holy, which ascends to the Triune Jehovah. Unmixed purity and truth,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.16.24

“I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.“~ Philippians 4:11 ~ These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. “Ill weeds grow apace.” Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need not sow thistles and brambles; they come up naturally enough, because… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.15.24

“Whereby they have made Thee glad.”~ Psalm 45:8 ~ And who are thus privileged to make the Saviour glad? His church His people. But is it possible? He makes us glad, but how can we make Him glad? By our love. Ah! we think it so cold, so faint; and so, indeed, we must sorrowfully confess it to be, but… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.15.24

“To Him be glory both now and forever.”~ 2 Peter 3:18 ~ Heaven will be full of the ceaseless praises of Jesus. Eternity! thine unnumbered years shall speed their everlasting course, but forever and for ever, “to Him be glory.” Is He not a “Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek”? “To Him be glory.” Is He not king… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.14.24

“She was healed immediately.”~ Luke 8:47 ~ One of the most touching and teaching of the Saviour’s miracles is before us to-night. The woman was very ignorant. She imagined that virtue came out of Christ by a law of necessity, without His knowledge or direct will. Moreover, she was a stranger to the generosity of Jesus’ character, or she would… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.14.24

“And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.~ 2 Kings 25:30 ~ Jehoiachin was not sent away from the king’s palace with a store to last him for months, but his provision was given him as a daily pension. Herein he well pictures the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.13.24

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God.”~ 1 John 3:1,2 ~ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us. Consider who we were, and what… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.13.24

“There is therefore now no condemnation.”~ Romans 8:1 ~ Come, my soul, think thou of this. Believing in Jesus, thou art actually and effectually cleared from guilt; thou art led out of thy prison. Thou art no more in fetters as a bond-slave; thou art delivered now from the bondage of the law; thou art freed from sin, and canst… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.12.24

“He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever.”~ John 14:16 ~ Great Father revealed Himself to believers of old before the coming of His Son, and was known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the God Almighty. Then Jesus came, and the ever-blessed Son in His own proper person, was the delight of His… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.12.24

“For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.”~ 2 Corinthians 1:5 ~ There is a blessed proportion. The Ruler of Providence bears a pair of scales in this side He puts His people’s trials, and in that He puts their consolations. When the scale of trial is nearly empty, you will always… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.11.24

“Thou hast left thy first love.”~ Revelation 2:4 ~ Ever to be remembered is that best and brightest of hours, when first we saw the Lord, lost our burden, received the roll of promise, rejoiced in full salvation, and went on our way in peace. It was spring time in the soul; the winter was past; the mutterings of Sinai’s… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.11.24

“And they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”~ Acts 4:13 ~ A christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and actions of His people. If we were what we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.10.24

“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.”~ Isaiah 44:22 ~ Attentively observe THE INSTRUCTIVE SIMILITUDE: our sins are like a cloud. As clouds are of many shapes and shades, so are our transgressions. As clouds obscure the light of the sun, and darken… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.10.24

“I know how to abound.”~ Philippians 4:12 ~ There are many who know “how to be abased” who have not learned “how to abound.” When they are set upon the top of a pinnacle their heads grow dizzy, and they are ready to fall. The Christian far oftener disgraces his profession in prosperity than in adversity. It is a dangerous… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.09.24

“Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil [or, the evil one].”~ Luke 11:4 ~ What we are taught to seek or shun in prayer, we should equally pursue or avoid in action. Very earnestly, therefore, should we avoid temptation, seeking to walk so guardedly in the path of obedience, that we may never tempt the devil to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.09.24

“And David enquired of the Lord.”~ 2 Samuel 5:23 ~ When David made this enquiry he had just fought the Philistines, and gained a signal victory. The Philistines came up in great hosts, but, by the help of God, David had easily put them to flight. Note, however, that when they came a second time, David did not go up… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.08.24

“He shall save His people from their sins.”~ Matthew 1:21 ~ Many persons, if they are asked what they understand by salvation, will reply, “Being saved from hell and taken to heaven.” This is one result of salvation, but it is not one tithe of what is contained in that boon. It is true our Lord Jesus Christ does redeem… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.08.24

“Thou shalt call his name Jesus.”Matthew 1:21 ~ When a person is dear, everything connected with him becomes dear for his sake. Thus, so precious is the person of the Lord Jesus in the estimation of all true believers, that everything about Him they consider to be inestimable beyond all price. “All Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.07.24

“And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.”~ Revelation 11:12 ~ Without considering these words in their prophetical connection, let us regard them D as the invitation of our great Forerunner to His sanctified people. In due time there shall be heard “a great voice from heaven” to every believer, saying, “Come up hither.”… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.07.24

“Arise, and depart.”~ Micah 2:10 ~ The hour is approaching when the message will come to us, as it comes to all Arise, and go forth from the home in which thou hast dwelt, from the city in which thou hast done thy business, from thy family, from thy friends. Arise, and take thy last journey.” And what know we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.06.24

“Pray one for another.”~ James 5:16 ~ As an encouragement cheerfully to offer intercessory prayer, remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character. In all the incense which our Great High Priest now puts into the golden censer, there is not a single grain for Himself. His intercession must… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.06.24

“Praying always.”~ Ephesians 6:18 ~ What multitudes of prayers we have put up from the first moment when we learned to pray. Our first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked that God would have mercy upon us, and blot out our sin. He heard us. But when He had blotted out our sins like a cloud, then we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.05.24

“At that time Jesus answered.”~ Matthew 11:25 ~ This is a singular way in which to commence a verse At that time Jesus answered.” If you will look at the context you will not perceive that any person had asked Him a question, or that He was in conversation with any human being. Yet it is written, “Jesus answered and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.05.24

“The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”~ 1 John 4:14 ~ It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth without His Father’s permission, authority, consent, and assistance. He was sent of the Father, that He might be the Saviour of men. We are too apt to forget that, while there are… (more…)

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