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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.22.19

Thursday, August 22, 2019 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… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.21.19

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 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.… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.21.19

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 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… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.20.19

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 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… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.20.19

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 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… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.19.19

Monday, August 19, 2019 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… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.19.19

Monday, August 19, 2019 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,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.18.19

Sunday, August 18, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but He received it not.” ~ Mark 15:23 ~ Agolden truth is couched in the fact that the Saviour put the myrrhed wine-cup from His lips. On the heights of heaven the Son of God stood of old, and as… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.18.19

Sunday, August 18, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.” ~ Jeremiah 51:5 ~ In this account the faces of the Lord’s people were covered with shame, for it was a terrible thing that men should intrude into the Holy Place reserved for the priests alone. Everywhere about us we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.17.19

Saturday, August 17, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “This sickness is not unto death.” ~ John 11:4 ~ From our Lord’s words we learn that there is a limit to sickness. Here is an “unto” within which its ultimate end is restrained, and beyond which it cannot go. Lazarus might pass through death, but death was not to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.17.19

Saturday, August 17, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The mercy of God.” ~ Psalm 52:8 ~ Meditate a little on this mercy of the Lord. It is tender mercy. With gentle, loving touch, He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He is as gracious in the manner of His mercy as in the matter… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.16.19

Friday, August 16, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit.”   ~ Romans 8:23 ~ Present possession is declared. At this present moment we have the first fruits of the Spirit. We have repentance, that gem of the first water; faith, that priceless pearl; hope, the heavenly emerald; and love, the glorious… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.16.19

Friday, August 16, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name.” ~ Psalm 29:2 ~ God’s glory is the result of His nature and acts. He is glorious in His character, for there is such a store of everything that is holy, and good, and lovely in God, that He must… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.15.19

Thursday, August 15, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And I will give you an heart of flesh.” ~ Ezekiel 36:26 ~ A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have indulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even for a moment, is quite enough to make a heart… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.15.19

Thursday, August 15, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide.” ~ Genesis 24:63 ~ Very admirable was his occupation. If those who spend so many hours in idle company, light reading, and useless pastimes, could learn wisdom, they would find more profitable society and more interesting engagements in meditation… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.14.19

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I know their sorrows.” ~ Exodus 3:7 ~ The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows”; and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us? He is the Physician, and if He knows all, there is… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.14.19

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through Thy work.” ~ Psalm 92:4 ~ Do you believe that your sins are forgiven, and that Christ has made a full atonement for them? Then what a joyful Christian you ought to be! How you should live above the common trials and troubles… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.13.19

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And I will remember My covenant.” ~ Genesis 9:15 ~ Mark the form of the promise. God does not say, “And when ye shall look upon the bow, and ye shall remember My covenant, then I will not destroy the earth,” but it is gloriously put, not upon our memory,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.13.19

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The cedars of Lebanon which He hath planted.” ~ Psalm 104:16 ~ LEBANON’S cedars are emblematic of the Christian, in that they owe their planting entirely to the Lord. This is quite true of every child of God. He is not man-planted, nor self-planted, but God-planted. The mysterious hand of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.12.19

Monday, August 12, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The bow shall be seen in the cloud.” ~ Genesis 9:14 ~ The rainbow, the symbol of the covenant with Noah, is typical of our Lord Jesus, who is the Lord’s witness to the people. When may we expect to see the token of the covenant? The rainbow is only… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.12.19

Monday, August 12, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice.” ~ Psalm 97:1 ~ Causesfor disquietude there are none so long as this blessed sentence is true. On earth the Lord’s power as readily controls the rage of the wicked as the rage of the sea; His love as easily refreshes the poor… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.11.19

Sunday, August 11, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Everlasting consolation.” ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ~ Consolation.” There is music in the word: like David’s harp, it charms away the evil spirit of melancholy. It was a distinguished honour to Barnabas to be called “the son of consolation”; nay, it is one of the illustrious names of a greater… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.11.19

Sunday, August 11, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Oh that I were as in months past.” ~ Job 29:2 ~ Numbers of Christians can view the past with pleasure, but regard the present with dissatisfaction; they look back upon the days which they have passed in communing with the Lord as being the sweetest and the best they… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.10.19

Saturday, August 10, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins.” ~ Matthew 9:6 ~ Behold one of the great Physician’s mightiest arts: He has power to forgive sin! While here He lived below, before the ransom had been paid, before the blood had been literally sprinkled on the mercy-seat,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.10.19

Saturday, August 10, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Christ, who is our life.” ~ Colossians 3:4 ~ Paul’s marvellously rich expression indicates, that Christ is the source of our life. “You hath He quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins.” That same voice which brought Lazarus out of the tomb raised us to newness of life. He… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.09.19

Friday, August 09, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, o of whom He had cast seven devils.” ~ Mark 16:9 ~ Mary of Magdala was the victim of a fearful evil. She was possessed by not one devil only, but seven. These dreadful inmates caused much pain and pollution to the poor frame… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.09.19

Friday, August 09, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it.” ~ Revelation 21:23 ~ Yonder in the better world, the inhabitants are independent of all creature comforts. They have no need of raiment; their white robes never wear out, neither shall they ever be… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.08.19

Thursday, August 08, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All things are possible to him that believeth.” ~ Mark 9:23 ~ Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this is the necessary state of believers. This is a mistake, for “all things are possible to him that believeth”; and it is possible for… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.08.19

Thursday, August 08, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They weave the spider’s web.” ~ Isaiah 59:5 ~ See the spider’s web, and behold in it a most suggestive picture of the hypocrite’s religion. It is meant to catch his prey: the spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped by… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.07.19

Wednesday, August 07, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Satan hindered us.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 2:18 ~ Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders us. From all points of the compass, all along the line of battle, in the vanguard and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.07.19

Wednesday, August 07, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The upright love Thee” ~ Song of Solomon 1:4 ~ Believers love Jesus with a deeper affection then they dare to give to any other being. They would sooner lose father and mother then part with Christ. They hold all earthly comforts with a loose hand, but they carry Him… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.06.19

Tuesday, August 06, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let the whole earth be filled with His glory; Amen, and Amen.” ~ Psalm 72:19 ~ This is a large petition. To intercede for a whole city needs a stretch of faith, and there are times when a prayer for one man is enough to stagger us. But how far-reaching… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.06.19

Tuesday, August 06, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Watchman, what of the night?” ~ Isaiah 21:11 ~ What enemies are abroad? Errors are a numerous horde, and new ones appear every hour: against what heresy am I to be on my guard? Sins creep from their lurking places when the darkness reigns; I must myself mount the watch-tower,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.05.19

Monday, August 05, 2019 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?” ~ Numbers 32:6 ~ Kindred has its obligations. The Reubenites and Gadites would have been unbrotherly if they had claimed the land which had been conquered, and had left the rest of the people to fight for their portions… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.05.19

Monday August 05, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” ~ Romans 8:28 ~ Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows, for instance, that God sits in the stern-sheets of the vessel when it rocks most. He believes that an invisible hand is… (more…)

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