Tag Archives: Devtional

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.11.15

Saturday, July 11, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Never Separated from God And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this? (John 11:26) Yes, Lord, we believe it; we shall never die. Our soul may be separated from our body, and this is death of a kind; but our soul shall never… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.10.15

Friday, July 10, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Love the Church Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof. (Psalm 102:13-14) Yes, our prayers for the church will be heard. The… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.09.15

Thursday, July 09, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Faithful and Useful Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. (Psalm 101:6) If David spoke thus, we may be sure that the Son of David will be of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.08.15

Wednesday, July 08, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon An Angel Encampment The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. (Psalm 34:7) We cannot see the angels, but it is enough that they can see us. There is one great Angel of the Covenant, whom not having seen we love,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.07.15

Tuesday, July 07, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Mountain Choir Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. (Isaiah 49:13) So sweet are the comforts of the Lord, that not only the saints themselves… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.06.15

Monday, July 06, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon His Love; His Gift; His Son For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) Of all the stars in the sky, the polestar is the most useful to the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.05.15

Sunday, July 05, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Complete Deliverance But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. (Jeremiah 39:17) When the Lord’s faithful ones are suffering for Him, they shall have sweet messages of love… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.04.15

Saturday, July 04, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Word, Necessary Food Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4) If God so willed it we could live without bread, even as Jesus did for forty days; but we could not live without… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.03.15

Friday, July 03, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Guide All the Way He will be my guide even unto death. (Psalm 48:14) We need a guide. Sometimes we would give all that we have to be told exactly what to do and where to turn. We are willing to do right, but we do not… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.02.15

Thursday, July 02, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Refreshing Sleep So he giveth his beloved sleep. (Psalm 127:2) Ours is not a life of anxious care but of happy faith. Our heavenly Father will supply the wants of His own children, and He knoweth what we have need of before we ask Him. We may therefore… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 07.01.15

Wednesday, July 01, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon god with Us God shall be with ye. (Genesis 48:21) Good old Jacob could no more be with Joseph, for his hour had come to die: but he left his son without anxiety, for he said with confidence, “God shall be with you.” When our dearest relations or… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.30.14

Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Back, Then Forward Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. (Ezekiel 16:60) Notwithstanding our sins, the Lord is still faithful in His love to us. He looks back. See how He remembers… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.29.15

Monday, June 29, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Invitation to Pray Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. (Jeremiah 33:3) God encourages us to pray. They tell us that prayer is a pious exercise which has no influence except upon the mind engaged in… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.28.15

Sunday, June 28, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon One Look from the Lord! And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? (Judges 6:14) What a look was that which the Lord gave to Gideon! He… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.27.15

Saturday, June 27, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Thank Him; Dwell Acceptably Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. (Psalm 140:13) Oh, that my heart may be upright, that I may always be able to bless the name of the Lord! He is so good to those… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.26.15

Friday, June 26, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon It Will Not Be Long Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. (James 5:8) The last word in the Canticle of love is, “Make haste, my beloved,” and among the last words of the Apocalypse we read, “The Spirit and… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.25.15

Thursday, June 25, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Staircase to Heaven And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. (John 1:51) Yes, to our faith this sight is plain even at this day.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.24.15

 Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Lord’s “Much More” And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. (2… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.23.15

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Enemy Frustrated Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. (2 Kings 19:32) Neither did Sennacherib molest the city. He had… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.22.15

Monday, June 22, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He with Us; We with Him The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. (Proverbs 10:27) There is no doubt about it. The fear of the Lord leads to virtuous habits, and these prevent that waste of life which comes… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.21.15

Sunday, June 21, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Woman’s War The Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. (Judges 4:9) Rather an unusual text, but there may be souls in the world that may have faith enough to grasp it. Barak, the man, though called to the war, had little stomach for… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.20.15

Saturday, June 20, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Lord Our Companion Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4) Sweet are these words in describing a deathbed assurance. How many have… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.19.15

Friday, June 19, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Sound Heart Let my heart be sound in thy statutes: that I be not ashamed. (Psalm 119:80) We may regard this inspired prayer as containing within itself the assurance that those who keep close to the Word of God shall never have cause to be ashamed of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.18.15

Thursday, June 18, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Himself Shall Work Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. (Isaiah 33:10) When the spoilers had made the land as waste as if devoured by locusts, and the warriors who had defended the country sat down… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.17.15

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Our Field of Battle For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. (Deuteronomy 20:4) We have no enemies but the enemies of God. Our fights are not against men but against spiritual wickednesses. We war… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.16.15

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Possess, Not Only Profess For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance. (Matthew 13:12) When the Lord has given to a man much grace, He will give him more. A little faith is a nest egg; more faith will come to it.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 6.15.15

Monday, June 15, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Home Blessings Extended The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. (Psalm 128:5) This is a promise to the God-fearing man who walks in the ways of holiness with earnest heed. He shall have… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 06.14.15

Sunday, June 14, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Constantly Abides For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake; because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people. (1 Samuel 12:22) God’s choice of His people is the reason for His abiding by them and not forsaking them. He… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 06.13.15

Saturday, June 13, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Divine Cultivation I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. (Isaiah 27:3) When the Lord Himself speaks in His own proper person rather than through a prophet, the word has a peculiar weight… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 06.12.15

Friday, June 12, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Dwelling Safely Apart Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew, (Deuteronomy 33:28) The more we dwell alone, the more safe shall we be. God would have His people… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 06.11.15

Thursday, June 11, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon No Cause to Blush Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed. (Isaiah 54.4) We shall not be ashamed of our faith. Carping critics may assail the Scriptures upon which we ground our belief, but every year the Lord will make it more and more clear that in… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 06.10.15

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Shepherd Secures Them They shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. (Zephaniah 3:13) Yesterday we thought of the afflicted and poor people whom the Lord left to be a living seed in a dead world. The prophet says of such that they shall not… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 06.09.15

Tuesday, June 09, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Trustworthy Name I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. (Zephaniah 3:12) When true religion is ready to die out among the wealthy it finds a home among the poor of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 06.08.15

Monday, June 08, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Wisdom for the Asking If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (James 1:5) If any of you lack wisdom. There is no “if” in the matter, for I am… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 06.07.15

Sunday, June 07, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Safest Place And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28) We believe in the eternal security of the saints. First, because they are Christ’s, and He will never lose the sheep… (more…)

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