Tag Archives: Faith’s Check Book

Friday March 22, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Grace for the Humble “He giveth grace unto the humble.” ~ James 4:6 ~ Humble hearts seek grace, and therefore they get it. Humble hearts yield to the sweet influences of grace, and so it is bestowed on them more and more largely. Humble hearts lie in the… (more…)

Thursday, March 21, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Avoid That Slip “Then shalt thou walk in thy way of safety, and thy foot shall not stumble.” ~ Proverbs 3:23 ~ That is to say, if we follow the ways of wisdom and holiness we shall be preserved in them. He who travels by daylight along the… (more…)

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Divine Provision “Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” ~ Matthew 6:30 ~ Clothes are expensive, and poor believers may be led into… (more…)

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Becoming Fit for Glory “The Lord will give grace and glory.” ~ Psalm 84:11 ~ Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given… (more…)

Monday, March 18, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Continue Upright “The prayer of the upright is his delight.” ~ Proverbs 15:8 ~ This is as good as a promise, for it declares a present fact, which will be the same throughout all ages. God takes great pleasure in the prayers of upright men; He even calls… (more…)

Sunday, March 17, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Fear to Fear “Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.” ~ Jeremiah 1:8 ~ Whenever fear comes in and makes us falter, we are in danger of falling into sin. Conceit is to be dreaded, but so is… (more…)

Saturday, March 16, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon To Others an “Ensample” Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.  ~ Philippians 4:9 ~ It is well when a man can with advantage be so minutely copied as Paul… (more…)

Friday, March 15, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God is a Sanctuary Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. ~… (more…)

Thursday, March 14, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Tender Comfort “As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.” ~ Isaiah 66:13 ~ A mother’s comfort! Ah, this is tenderness itself. How she enters into her child’s grief! How she presses him to her bosom and tries to take all his sorrow into her… (more…)

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Despise Not Thy Youth “Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold I cannot speak; for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou… (more…)

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Going Out with Joy “And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:18 ~ The blessings of the tribes are ours; for we are the true Israel who worship God in the spirit and have no confidence in the flesh. Zebulun is to… (more…)

Monday, March 11, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Whose Battle? “And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saith not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.” ~ 1 Samuel 17:47 ~ Let this point be settled, that the battle is the Lord’s, and… (more…)

Sunday, March 10, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Walk in Light “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” ~ John 12:46 ~ This world is dark as midnight; Jesus has come that by faith we may have light and may no longer sit in the… (more…)

Saturday, March 09, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Prayer for Peace “And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pay unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.” ~ Jeremiah 29:7 ~ The principle involved in this text would suggest… (more…)

Friday, March 08, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Our Substance Blessed “Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.” ~ Deuteronomy 28:5 ~ Obedience brings a blessing on all the provisions which our industry earns for us. That which comes in and goes out at once, like fruit in the basket which is for immediate use,… (more…)

Thursday, March 07, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon From Fetters Free The Lord looseth the prisoner. ~ Psalm 146:7 ~ He has done it. Remember Joseph, Israel in Egypt, Manasseh, Jeremiah, Peter, and many others. He can do it still. He breaks the bars of brass with a word and snaps the fetters of iron with… (more…)

Wednesday, March 06, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Guardian of the Fatherless “In thee the fatherless findeth mercy.” ~ Hosea 14:3 ~ This is an excellent reason for casting away all other confidences and relying upon the Lord alone. When a child is left without its natural protector, our God steps in and becomes his guardian:… (more…)

Tuesday, March 05, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Home Blessings “He blesseth the habitation of the just.” ~ Proverbs 3:33 ~ He fears the Lord, and therefore he comes under the divine protection even as to the roof which covers himself and his family. His home is an abode of love, a school of holy training,… (more…)

Monday, March 04, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Honor God “Them that honor me I will honor.” ~ 1 Samuel 2:30 ~ Do I make the honor of God the great object of my life and the rule of my conduct? If so, He will honor me. I may for a while receive no honor from… (more…)

Sunday, March 03, 2019 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Not Left to Perish For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither will thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. ~ Psalm 16:10 ~ This word has its proper fulfillment in the Lord Jesus; but it applies also, with a variation, to all who are… (more…)