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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul.” ~ Lamentations 3:58 ~ Observe how positively the prophet speaks. He doth not say, “I hope, I trust, I sometimes think, that God hath pleaded the causes of my soul”; but he speaks of it as a matter of fact… (more…)

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Avoid foolish questions.” ~ Titus 3:9 ~ Our days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance. The old schoolmen did a world of mischief by their incessant discussion of subjects of no practical importance; and… (more…)

Monday, November 18, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.” ~ Song of Solomon 4:12 ~ In this metaphor, which has reference to the inner life of a believer, we have very plainly the idea of secrecy. It is a spring shut up: just as there were springs in the East, over which… (more…)

Sunday, November 17, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “To whom be glory for ever. Amen” ~ Romans 11:36 ~ To whom be glory for ever.” This should be the single desire of the Christian. All other wishes must be subservient and tributary to this one. The Christian may wish for prosperity in his business, but only so far… (more…)

Saturday, November 16, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord is my portion, saith my soul.” ~ Lamentations 3:24 ~ It is not “The Lord is partly my portion,” nor “The Lord is in my portion”; but He Himself makes up the sum total of my soul’s inheritance. Within the circumference of that circle lies all that we… (more…)

Friday, November 15, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord’s portion is His people.” ~ Deuteronomy 32:9 ~ How are they His? By His own sovereign choice. He chose them, and set His love upon them. This He did altogether apart from any goodness in them at the time, or any goodness which He foresaw in them. He… (more…)

Thursday, November 14, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will cut off them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham.”  ~ Zephaniah 1:5 ~ Such persons thought themselves safe because they were with both parties: they went with the followers of Jehovah, and bowed at the same time to Malcham. But duplicity… (more…)

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon  “The branch cannot bear fruit of itself.” ~ John 15:4 ~ How did you begin to bear fruit? It was when you came to Jesus and cast yourselves on His great atonement, and rested on His finished righteousness. Ah! what fruit you had then! Do you remember those early days?… (more…)

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The trial of your faith.” ~ 1 Peter 1:7 ~ Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials. Faith never prospers so well as when all things are against her:… (more…)

Monday, November 11, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Underneath are the everlasting arms.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:27 ~ God—the eternal God—is Himself our support at all times, and especially when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian sinks very low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is humbled before… (more…)

Sunday, November 10, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The eternal God is thy refuge.” ~Deuteronomy 33:27 ~ The word refuge may be translated “mansion,” or “abiding-place,” which gives the thought that God is our abode, our home. There is a fulness and sweetness in the metaphor, for dear to our hearts is our home, although it be the… (more…)

Saturday, November 09, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “So walk ye in Him.” ~ Colossians 2:6 ~ If we have received Christ Himself in our inmost hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate acquaintance with Him by a walk of faith in Him. Walking implies action. Our religion is not to be confined to our closet; we… (more…)

Friday, November 08, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord.” ~ Colossians 2:6 ~ The life of faith is represented as receiving—an act which implies the very opposite of anything like merit. It is simply the acceptance of a gift. As the earth drinks in the rain, as the sea receives the… (more…)

Wednesday, November 07, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.” ~ Isaiah 49:16 ~ No doubt a part of the wonder which is concentrated in the word “Behold,” is excited by the unbelieving lamentation of the preceding sentence. Zion said, “The Lord hath forsaken me, and my God hath… (more…)

Wednesday, November 06, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty.” ~ Isaiah 44:3 ~ When a believer has fallen into a low, sad state of feeling, he often tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with dark and doleful fears. Such is not the way to rise from… (more…)

Tuesday, November 05, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.” ~ Isaiah 54:17 ~ This day is notable in English history for two great deliverances wrought by God for us. On this day the plot of the Papists to destroy our Houses of Parliament was discovered, 1605. “While for our princes… (more…)

Monday, November 04, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For my strength is made perfect in weakness.”  ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 ~ A primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God’s work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God’s warrior marches forth to battle, strong in his own… (more…)

Sunday, November 03, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, he prayeth.” ~ Acts 9:11 ~ Prayers are instantly noticed in heaven. The moment Saul began to pray the Lord heard him. Here is comfort for the distressed but praying soul. Oftentimes a poor broken-hearted one bends his knee, but can only utter his wailing in the language of… (more…)

Saturday, November 2, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I am the Lord, I change not.” ~ Malachi3:6 ~ It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows. All things else have changed—all things… (more…)

Friday, November 1, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The church in thy house.” ~ Philemon 2 ~ Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members of it? or are some still unconverted? Let us pause here and let the question go round—Am I a member of the Church in this house? How… (more…)