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Saturday, December 12, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They have dealt treacherously against the Lord.” ~ Hosea 5:7 ~ BELIEVER, here is a sorrowful truth! Thou art the beloved of the Lord, redeemed by blood, called by grace, preserved in Christ Jesus, accepted in the Beloved, on thy way to heaven, and yet, “thou hast dealt treacherously” with… (more…)

Friday, December 11, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye serve the Lord Christ.”—Colossians 3:24. TO what choice order of officials was this word spoken? To kings who proudly boast a right divine? Ah, no! too often do they serve themselves or Satan, and forget the God whose sufferance permits them to wear their mimic majesty for their little… (more…)

Thursday, December 10, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whose heart the Lord opened.” ~Acts 16:14 ~ IN Lydia’s conversion there are many points of interest. It was brought about by providential circumstances. She was a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, but just at the right time for hearing Paul we find her at Philippi; providence,… (more…)

Wednesday, December 09, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My people shall dwell in quiet resting places.” ~ Isaiah 32:18 ~ PEACE and rest belong not to the unregenerate, they are the peculiar possession of the Lord’s people, and of them only. The God of Peace gives perfect peace to those whose hearts are stayed upon Him. When man… (more…)

Tuesday, December 08, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou, O God, hast prepared of Thy goodness for the poor.” ~ Psalm 68:10 ~ ALL God’s gifts are prepared gifts laid up in store for wants foreseen. He anticipates our needs; and out of the fulness which He has treasured up in Christ Jesus, He provides of His goodness… (more…)

Monday, December 07, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”—1 Corinthians 9:22. PAUL’S great object was not merely to instruct and to improve, but to save. Anything short of this would have disappointed him; he would have men renewed in heart, forgiven, sanctified, in… (more…)

Sunday, December 06, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Girt about the paps with a golden girdle.”—Revelation 1:13. ONE like unto the Son of Man” appeared to John in Patmos, and the beloved disciple marked that He wore a girdle of gold. A girdle, for Jesus never was ungirt while upon earth, but stood always ready for service, and… (more…)

Saturday, December 05, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And the Lord shewed me four carpenters.” ~ Zechariah 1:20 ~ IN the vision described in this chapter, the prophet saw four terrible horns. They were pushing this way and that way, dashing down the strongest and the mightiest; and the prophet asked, “What are these?” The answer was, “These… (more…)

Friday, December 04, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” ~Romans 8:23 ~ THIS groaning is universal among the saints: to a greater or less extent we all feel it. It is not the groan of murmuring or complaint: it is rather the… (more…)

Thursday, December 03, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord mighty in battle.” ~Psalm 24:8 ~ WELL may our God be glorious in the eyes of His people, seeing that He has wrought such wonders for them, in them, and by them. For them, the Lord Jesus upon Calvary routed every foe, breaking all the weapons of the… (more…)

Wednesday, December 02, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, all is vanity.”—Ecclesiastes 1:14. NOTHING can satisfy the entire man but the Lord’s love and the Lord’s own self. Saints have tried to anchor in other roadsteads, but they have been driven out of such fatal refuges. Solomon, the wisest of men, was permitted to make experiments for us… (more…)

Tuesday, December 01, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “O that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men.”~ Psalm 107:8 ~ IF we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified. Let us daily praise God for common mercies—common as we… (more…)

Monday, November 30, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels.” ~Revelation 12:7 ~ WAR always will rage between the two great sovereignties until one or other be crushed. Peace between good and evil is an impossibility; the very pretence of it would, in fact, be… (more…)

Sunday, November 29, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Spices for anointing oil.” ~Exodus 35:8 ~ MUCH use was made of this anointing oil under the law, and that which it represents is of primary importance under the gospel. The Holy Spirit, who anoints us for all holy service, is indispensable to us if we would serve the Lord… (more…)

Saturday, November 28, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Seeking the wealth of his people.” ~Esther 10:3 ~ MORDECAI was a true patriot, and therefore, being exalted to the highest position under Ahasuerus, he used his eminence to promote the prosperity of Israel. In this he was a type of Jesus, who, upon His throne of glory, seeks not… (more…)

Friday, November 27, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” ~Ephesians 1:7~ COULD there be a sweeter word in any language than that word “forgiveness,” when it sounds in a guilty sinner’s ear, like the silver notes of jubilee to the captive Israelite? Blessed, for ever blessed be that… (more…)

Thursday, November 26, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel.” ~ Zechariah 4:10 ~ SMALL things marked the beginning of the work in the hand of Zerubbabel, but none might despise it, for the Lord had raised up one who would persevere until the headstone should be… (more…)

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”~Romans 9:15 ~ IN these words the Lord in the plainest manner claims the right to give or to withhold His mercy according to His… (more…)

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.”~ Proverbs 24:33, 34 ~ THE worst of sluggards only ask for a little slumber; they would be indignant if… (more…)

Monday, November 23, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Get thee up into the high mountain.”—Isaiah 40:9. EACH believer should be thirsting for God, for the living God, and longing to climb the hill of the Lord, and see Him face to face. We ought not to rest content in the mists of the valley when the summit of… (more…)

Sunday, November 22, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The power of His resurrection.”—Philippians 3:10. THE doctrine of a risen Saviour is exceedingly precious. The resurrection is the corner-stone of the entire building of Christianity. It is the key-stone of the arch of our salvation. It would take a volume to set forth all the streams of living water… (more…)

Saturday, November 21, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him.” ~ John 12:2 ~ HE is to be envied. It was well to be Martha and serve, but better to be Lazarus and commune. There are times for each purpose, and each is comely in its season, but… (more…)

Friday, November 20, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.” ~ Proverbs 30:26 ~ CONSCIOUS of their own natural defenselessness, the conies resort to burrows in the rocks, and are secure from their enemies. My heart, be willing to gather a lesson from these feeble… (more…)

Thursday, November 19, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “O that I knew where I might find Him!”—Job 23:3. IN Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father’s face. His first prayer is not “O that I might be healed of the disease… (more…)

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou art from everlasting.”—Psalm 93:2. CHRIST is EVERLASTING. Of Him we may sing with David, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.” Rejoice, believer, in Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Jesus always was. The Babe born in Bethlehem was united to the Word, which… (more…)

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby” ~Ecclesiastes 10:9 ~ OPPRESSORS may get their will of poor and needy men as easily as they can split logs of wood, but they had better mind, for it is a dangerous business, and a splinter from a tree has often killed… (more…)

Monday, November 16, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty” ~ Isaiah 33:17 ~ THE more you know about Christ the less will you be satisfied with superficial views of Him; and the more deeply you study His transactions in the eternal covenant, His engagements on your behalf as the eternal… (more…)

Sunday, November 15, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.” ~ Psalm 68:28 ~ IT is our wisdom, as well as our necessity, to beseech God continually to strengthen that which He has wrought in us. It is because of their neglect in this, that many Christians may blame themselves… (more…)

Saturday, November 14, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.”—Genesis 29:26. WE do not excuse Laban for his dishonesty, but we scruple not to learn from the custom which he quoted as his excuse. There are some things which must be… (more…)

Friday, November 13, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Men ought always to pray.”—Luke 18:1. IF men ought always to pray and not to faint, much more Christian men. Jesus has sent His church into the world on the same errand upon which He Himself came, and this mission includes intercession. What if I say that the church is… (more…)

Thursday, November 12, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And it came to pass in those days, that He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.” ~ Luke 6:12 ~ IF ever one of woman born might have lived without prayer, it was our spotless, perfect Lord, and yet none was… (more…)

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He shall choose our inheritance for us.”—Psalm 47:4. BELIEVER, if your inheritance be a lowly one you should be satisfied with your earthly portion; for you may rest assured that it is the fittest for you. Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition.… (more…)

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “It is enough for the disciple that he be as His Master.” ~ Matthew 10:25 ~ NO one will dispute this statement, for it would be unseemly for the servant to be exalted above his Master. When our Lord was on earth, what was the treatment He received? Were His… (more…)

Monday, November 09, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.”—Isaiah 33:16. DO you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil His promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? O Shall the storehouses… (more…)

Sunday, November 08, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with My disciples?”—Mark 14:14. JERUSALEM at the time of the passover was one great inn; each householder had invited his own friends, but no one had invited the Saviour, and He had no dwelling of His own.… (more…)