Tag Archives: Devtional

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.06.16

Tuesday, September 06, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Strong Heart Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. ~ Psalm 27:14 ~ Wait! Wait! Let your waiting be on the Lord! He is worth waiting for. He never disappoints the waiting soul. While… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.05.16

Monday, September 05, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon With Me Wherever I Am “The Lord will be with you.” ~ 2 Chronicles 20:17 ~ This was a great mercy for Jehoshaphat, for a great multitude had come out against him; and it will be a great mercy for me, for I have great need, and I… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.04.16

Sunday, September 04, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Victory Without Battle But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. ~ Hosea 1:7 ~ Precious word. Jehovah Himself… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.03.16

Saturday, September 03, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Out of Spiritual Death And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves. ~ Ezekiel 37:13 ~ Indeed it must be so: those who receive life from the dead are sure… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.02.16

Friday, September 02, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Follow to Know Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. ~ Hosea 6:3 ~ Not all at once, but by degrees shall we attain to holy knowledge, and our business is to persevere and learn by little and little. We need not despair,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.01.16

Thursday, September 01, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Abiding in Obedience, in Love If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love. ~ John 15:10 ~ These things cannot be parted—abiding in obedience and abiding in the love of Jesus. A life under the rule of Christ can alone prove that we are the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.31.16

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Divine, Ever-Living, Unchanging But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. ~ 1 Peter 1:25 ~ All human teaching and, indeed, all human beings shall pass away as the grass of the meadow; but… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.30.16

 Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Solace, Security, Satisfaction Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. ~ 2 Samuel 23:5 ~… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.29.16

Monday, August 29, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Plentiful Refreshment Their soul shall be as a watered garden. ~ Jeremiah 31:12 ~ Oh, to have one’s soul under heavenly cultivation; no longer a wilderness but a garden of the Lord! Enclosed from the waste, walled around by grace, planted by instruction, visited by love, weeded by… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.28.16

Sunday, August 28, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Out of Any Circumstance As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. ~ Psalm 55:16 ~ Yes, I must and will pray. What else can I do! What better can I do? Betrayed, forsaken, grieved, baffled, O my Lord, I will call… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.27.16

Saturday, August 27, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Choice Men I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. ~ Isaiah 48:10 ~ This has long been the motto fixed before our eye upon the wall of our bedroom, and in many ways it has also been written on our heart. It is no mean thing… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.26.16

 Friday, August 26, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He of Tender Conscience I will judge between cattle and cattle.  ~ Ezekiel 34:22 ~ Some are fat and flourishing, and therefore they are unkind to the feeble. This is a grievous sin and causes much sorrow. Those thrustings with side and with shoulder, those pushings of the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.25.16

Thursday, August 25, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Food and Rest I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. ~ Ezekiel 34:15 ~ Under the divine shepherdry saints are fed to the full. Theirs is not a windy, unsatisfying mess of mere human “thought,” but the Lord… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.24.16

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Above Human Philosophy For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. ~ 1 Corinthians 1:19 ~ This verse is a threatening so far as the worldly wise are concerned, but to the simple… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.23.16

Monday, August 23, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Love and Seek True Wisdom I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.  ~ Proverbs 8:17 ~ Wisdom loves her lovers and seeks her seekers. He is already wise who seeks to be wise, and he has almost found wisdom who… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.22.16

Monday, August 22, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Wrath to God’s Glory Surely the wrath of man shall raise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. ~ Psalm 76:10 ~ Wicked men will be wrathful. Their anger we must endure as the badge of our calling, the token of our separation from them: if we… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.21.16

Sunday, August 21, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Night of Weeping; Joyous Day For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. ~ Psalm 30:5 ~ A moment under our Father’s anger seems very long, and yet it is but a… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.20.16

Saturday, August 20, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Deliverance Not Limited He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. ~ Job 5:19 ~ Eliphaz in this spoke the truth of God. We may have as many troubles as the workdays of the week, but the God who worked… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.19.16

Friday, August 19, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Reward for the Righteous So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. ~ Psalm 58:11 ~ God’s judgments in this life are not always clearly to be seen, for in many cases… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.18.16

Thursday, August 18, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Seekers, Finders If thou seek him, he will be found of thee. ~ 1 Chronicles 28:9~ We need our God; He is to be had for the seeking, and He will not deny Himself to any one of us if we personally seek His face. It is not… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.17.16

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Who Has the Majority? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. ~ 2 Kings 6:16 ~ Horses and chariots and a great host shut up the prophet in Dothan. His young servant was alarmed. How could… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.16.16

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Uncover and Confess Sin He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. ~ Proverbs 28:13 ~ Here is the way of mercy for a guilty and repenting sinner. He must cease from the habit of covering sin. This is… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.15.16

Monday, August 15, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Name Guarantee And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son, ~ John 14:13 ~ It is not every believer who has yet learned to pray in Christ’s name. To ask not only for His… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.14.16

Sunday, August 14, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Child Chastisement Not Forever And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. ~ 1 Kings 11:39 ~ In the family of grace there is discipline, and that discipline is severe enough to make it an evil and a bitter thing to sin.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.13.16

Saturday, August 13, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Before and During the Call It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.  ~ Isaiah 65:24 ~ Quick work this! The Lord hears us before we call and often answers us in the same speedy… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.12.16

Friday, August 12, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Light in Darkness For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. ~ 2 Samuel 22:29 ~ Am I in the light? Then Thou, O Lord, art my lamp. Take Thee away and my joy would be gone; but as long as Thou… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.11.16

Thursday, August 11, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Waiting, Not Running Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. ~ Psalm 62:1 ~ Blessed posture! Waiting truly and only upon the Lord. Be this our condition all this day and every day. Waiting His leisure, waiting in His service, waiting in joyful expectation,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.10.16

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Lowers to Raise The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. ~ 1 Samuel 2:7 ~ All my changes come from Him who never changes. If I had grown rich, I should have seen His hand in it, and I should have… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.09.16

Tuesday, August 09, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon  Pruning for Fruit-Bearing Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. ~ John 15:2 ~ This is a precious promise to one who lives for fruitfulness. At first it… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.08.16

Monday, August 08, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Confidence Not Misplaced The Lord God will help me. ~ Isaiah 50:7 ~ These are in prophecy the words of Messiah in the day of His obedience unto death, when He gave His back to the smiters and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. He… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.07.16

Sunday, August 07, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Rules for Prosperity Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. ~ Joshua… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.06.16

Saturday, August 06, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Go; Take Your Property Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.  ~ (Deuteronomy 1:21 ~ There is a heritage of grace which we… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.05.16

Friday, August 05, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Law in the Heart The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. ~ Psalm 37:31 ~ Put the law into the heart, and the whole man is right. This is where the law should be; for then it lies, like the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.04.16

Thursday, August 04, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Blesses and Keeps The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. ~ Numbers 6:24 ~ This first clause of the high priest’s benediction is substantially a promise. That blessing which our great High Priest pronounces upon us is sure to come, for He speaks the mind of God.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.03.16

Wenesday, August 03, 2016 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Right to Holy Things But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. ~ Leviticus 22:11~ Strangers, sojourners, and servants upon hire were not to eat of… (more…)

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