Tag Archives: Faith’s Check Book

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Clearly Supernatural In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. (Zechariah 12:8) One of… (more…)

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Never Forsakes For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. (Psalm 94:14) No, nor will He cast even so much as one of them. Man has his castoffs, but God has none; for His choice is unchangeable, and His love… (more…)

 Monday, November 16, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Weapons Doomed to Fail No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. (Isaiah 54:17) There is great clatter in the forges and smithies of the enemy. They are making weapons wherewith to smite the… (more…)

Sunday, November 15, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Limitless Riches My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) Paul’s God is our God and will supply all our need. Paul felt sure of this in reference to the Philippians, and we feel sure of it as… (more…)

Saturday, November 14, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Name to Use If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. (John 14:14) What a wide promise! Anything! Whether large or small, all my needs are covered by that word anything. Come, my soul, be free at the mercy seat, and hear thy… (more…)

Friday, November 13, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Unfailing Watch Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalm 121:4) Jehovah is “the Keeper of Israel.” No form of unconsciousness ever steals over Him, neither the deeper slumber nor the slighter sleep. He never fails to watch the house and the heart of… (more…)

Thursday, November 12, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Sanctified Souls Are Satisfied My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 31:14) Note the “my” which comes twice: “My people shall be satisfied with my goodness.” The kind of people who are satisfied with God are marked out as God’s own. He is… (more…)

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Lord’s Free Men For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. (Romans 6:14) Sin will reign if it can: it cannot be satisfied with any place below the throne of the heart. We sometimes fear that it… (more…)

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Walk Without Stumbling He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. (Psalm 121:3) If the Lord will not suffer it, neither men nor devils can do it. How greatly would they rejoice if they could give us a disgraceful fall, drive us from our position, and bury… (more…)

Monday, November 09, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Necessary Knowledge Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 34:30) To be the Lord’s own people is a choice blessing, but to know that we are… (more…)

Sunday, November 08, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Magnitude of Grace My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9) Our weakness should be prized as making room for divine strength. We might never have known the power of grace if we had not felt the weakness… (more…)

Saturday, November 07, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon True Humility Rewarded He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14) It ought not to be difficult for us to humble ourselves, for what have we to be proud of? We ought to take the lowest place without being told to do so. If we are sensible… (more…)

Friday, November 06, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Delight and Desires Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. (Psalm37:4) Delight in God has a transforming power and lifts a man above the gross desire of our fallen nature. Delight in Jehovah is not only sweet in itself,… (more…)

Thursday, November 05, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon What Is Painful Will End I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls; which I have made. (Isaiah 57:16) Our heavenly Father seeks our instruction, not our destruction. His contention with us has a… (more…)

Wednesday, November 04, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon You Make the Trenches And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink both ye, and your… (more…)

Tuesday, November 03, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon In God’s Time For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Habakkuk 2:3) Mercy may seem slow, but it is sure. The… (more…)

Monday, November 02, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Heavenly Wealth “No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly” Psalm 84:11 Many pleasing things the LORD may withhold but “no good thing.” He is the best judge of what is good for us. Some things are assuredly good, and these we may have for the… (more…)

Sunday, November 01, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Perfection and Preservation “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it” (1 Thessalonians 5:24). What will He do? He will sanctify us wholly. See the previous verse. He will carry on the work of purification till we are perfect in every part. He will preserve… (more…)

Saturday, October 31, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Immortal Till Work Done I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. (Psalm 118:17) A fair assurance this! It was no doubt based upon a promise, inwardly whispered in the psalmist’s heart, which he seized upon and enjoyed. Is my case like that… (more…)

Friday, October 30, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Thorough Cleansing “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you” (Ezekiel 36:25). What an exceeding joy is this! He who has purified us with the blood of Jesus will also… (more…)

Thursday, October 29, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Maintain the Difference And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be. (Exodus8:23) Pharaoh has a people, and the Lord has a people. These may dwell together and seem to fare alike, but there is a division between them, and… (more…)

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Sins of Ignorance And it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance. (Numbers 15:25) Because of our ignorance we are not fully aware of our sins of ignorance. Yet we may be sure they are many, in the form both of commission and omission. We may be… (more…)

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon His Service, Face, Name His servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their forehead. (Revelation 22:3-4) Three choice blessings will be ours in the gloryland. “His servants shall serve him.” No other lords shall oppress us, no other service… (more…)

Monday, October 26, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Because of Us For the elect’s sake those days be shortened. (Matthew 24:22) For the sake of His elect the Lord withholds many judgments and shortens others. In great tribulations the fire would devour all were it not that out of regard to His elect the Lord damps… (more…)

Sunday, October 25, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God First, Then Extras But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33) See how the Bible opens: “In the beginning God.” Let your life open in the same way. Seek with your whole soul,… (more…)

Saturday, October 24, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Godly Stability And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 15:20) Stability in the fear… (more…)

Friday, October 23, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Harvest of Light, Gladness Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. (Psalm 97:11) Righteousness is often costly to the man who keeps to it at all hazards, but in the end it will bear its own expenses and return an infinite profit.… (more…)

Thursday, October 22, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Plead His Own Promise Thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. (2 Samuel 7:29) This is a promise pleaded, and so it yields double instruction to us. Anything which the Lord God has spoken… (more…)

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God’s Multiplication Table A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time. (Isaiah 60:22) Works for the Lord often begin on a small scale, and they are none the worse for this. Feebleness educates… (more…)

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon From Every Sin He shall save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21) Lord, save me from my sins. By the name of Jesus I am encouraged thus to pray. Save me from my past sins, that the habit of them may not hold me captive. Save me… (more…)

Monday, October 19, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Regulated Chastisement I will correct thee in measure. (Jeremiah 30:11) To be left uncorrected would be a fatal sign: it would prove that the Lord had said, “He is given unto idols, let him alone.” God grant that such may never be our portion! Uninterrupted prosperity is a… (more…)

Sunday, October 18, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Tears, Then Joyful Harvest They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. (Psalm 126:5) Weeping times are suitable for sowing: we do not want the ground to be too dry. Seed steeped in the tears of earnest anxiety will come up all the sooner. The salt of… (more…)

Saturday, October 17, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Holy Fear He that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. (Proverbs 13:13) Holy awe of God’s Word is at a great discount. Men think themselves wiser than the Word of the Lord and sit in judgment upon it. “So did not I, because of the fear of God.”… (more…)

Friday, October 16, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon One with Christ Jesus Because I live, ye shall live also. (John 14:19) Jesus has made the life of believers in Him as certain as His own. As sure as the Head lives the members live also. If Jesus has not risen from the dead, then are we… (more…)

Thursday, October 15, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Sustained by Feeding As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. (John 6:57) We live by virtue of our union with the Son of God. As God-man Mediator, the Lord Jesus lives… (more…)