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Thursday, January 30, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself.” ~ 2 Samuel 5:24 ~ The members of Christ’s Church should be very prayerful, always seeking the unction of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, that the kingdom… (more…)

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Perfect in Christ Jesus.” ~ Colossians 1:28 ~ Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip, mutters “imperfection.” You have… (more…)

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 C. H. Spurgeon “Perfect in Christ Jesus.” ~ Colossians 1:28 ~ Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip, mutters “imperfection.” You have too frequently had… (more…)

Monday, January 27, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And of his fulness have all we received.” ~ John 1:16 ~ These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. There is a fulness of essential Deity, for “in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead.” There is a fulness of perfect manhood, for in Him,… (more…)

Sunday, January 26, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Your heavenly Father.” ~ Matthew 6:26 ~ God’s people are doubly His children, they are His offspring by creation, and they are His sons by adoption in Christ. Hence they are privileged to call Him, “Our Father which art in heaven.” Father! Oh, what precious word is that. Here isauthority:… (more…)

Saturday, January 25, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us.” ~ Isaiah 63:7 ~ And canst thou not do this? Are there no mercies which thou hast experienced? What though thou art gloomy now, canst thou… (more…)

Friday, January 24, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler.” ~ Psalm 91:3 ~ God delivers His people from the snare of the fowler in two senses. From, and out of. First, He delivers them from the snare—does not let them enter it; and secondly, if they should be… (more…)

Thursday, January 23, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have exalted one chosen out of the people.” ~ Psalm 89:19 ~ Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that He might be able to be our brother, in the blest tie of kindred blood? Oh, what relationship… (more…)

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?” ~ Ezekiel 15:2 ~ These words are for the humbling of God’s people; they are called God’s vine, but what are they by nature more than… (more…)

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And so all Israel shall be saved.” ~ Romans 11:26 ~ Then Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel were safe. Not a drop of spray fell from that solid wall until the last of God’s Israel had safely planted his foot… (more…)

Monday, January 20, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Abel was a keeper of sheep.” ~ Genesis 4:2 ~ As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering. This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear… (more…)

Sunday, January 19, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I sought him, but I found him not.” ~ Song of Solomon 3:1 ~ Tell me where you lost the company of Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find Him. Have you lost Christ in the closet by restraining prayer? Then it is there you… (more…)

Saturday, January 18, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” ~ Hebrews 4:9 ~ How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the immortal, fatigue is never known.… (more…)

Friday, January 17, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion.” ~ Revelation 14:1 ~ The apostle John was privileged to look within the gates of heaven, and in describing what he saw, he begins by saying, “I looked, and, lo, a Lamb!” This teaches us that the chief… (more…)

Thursday, January 16, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will help thee, saith the Lord.” ~ Isaiah 41:14 ~ This morning let us hear the Lord Jesus speak to each one of us: “I will help thee.” “It is but a small thing for Me, thy God, to help thee. Consider what I have done already. What! not… (more…)

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Do as thou hast said.” ~ 2 Samuel 7:25 ~ God’s promises were never meant to be thrown aside as waste paper; He intended that they should be used. God’s gold is not miser’s money, but is minted to be traded with. Nothing pleases our Lord better than to see… (more…)

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Mighty to save.” ~ Isaiah 63:1 ~ By the words “to save” we understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire onward to complete sanctification. The words are multum in parro: indeed, here is all mercy in one word. Christ is not only “mighty… (more…)

Monday, January 13, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.” ~ 1 Kings 22:48 ~ Solomon’s ships had returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat’s vessels never reached the land of gold. Providence prospers one, and frustrates the desires of… (more…)

Sunday, January 12, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye are Christ’s.” ~ 1 Corinthians 3:23 ~ Ye are Christ’s.” You are His by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; His by His bloody purchase, for He counted down the price for your redemption; His by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to Him; His by… (more…)

Saturday, January 11, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “These have no root.” ~ Luke 8:13 ~ My soul, examine thyself this morning by the light of this text. Thou hast received the word with joy; thy feelings have been stirred and a lively impression has been made; but, remember, that to receive the word in the ear is… (more…)

Friday, January 10, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.” ~ 2 Timothy 4:8 ~ Doubting one! thou hast often said, “I fear I shall never enter heaven.” Fear not! all the people of God shall enter there. I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who exclaimed, “I… (more…)

Thursday, January 09, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will be their God.” ~ Jeremiah 31:33 ~ CHRISTIAN! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, “My cup runneth… (more…)

Wednesday, January 08, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The iniquity of the holy things.” ~ Exodus 28:38 ~ What a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be humbling and profitable for us to pause awhile and see this sad sight. The iniquities of our public worship, its hypocrisy, formality,… (more…)

Tuesday, January 07, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For me to live is Christ.” ~ Philippians 1:21 ~ The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt.… (more…)

Thursday, January 07, 2021 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For me to live is Christ.” ~ Philippians 1:21 ~ The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt.… (more…)

Monday, January 06, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” ~ 1 Peter 5:7 ~ IT is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel—”HE careth for me.” Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord.… (more…)

Sunday, January 05, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.” ~ Genesis 1:4 ~ Light  might well be good since it sprang from that fiat of goodness, “Let there be light.” We who enjoy it should be more grateful for it than we… (more…)

Saturday, January 04, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” ~ 2 Peter 3:18 ~ GROW in grace”—not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fullness, constancy,… (more…)

Friday, January 03, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will give thee for a covenant of the people.” ~ Isaiah 49:8 ~ JESUS Christ is Himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as one of its gifts, He is the property of every believer. Believer, canst thou estimate what thou hast gotten in Christ? “In Him… (more…)

Thursday, January 02, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Continue in prayer.” ~ Colossians 4:2 ~ IT is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, “Then began men to call upon the… (more…)

Wednesday, January 01, 2020 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” ~ Joshua 5:12 ~ ISRAEL’S weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with milk and… (more…)

Tuesday, December 31, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” ~ Joshua 5:1 ~ Israel’s weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with milk and… (more…)

Sunday, December 29, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” ~ 1 Samuel 7:12 ~ The word “hitherto” seems like a hand pointing in the direction of the past. Twenty years or seventy, and yet, “hitherto the Lord hath helped!” Through poverty, through wealth, through sickness, through health, at home, abroad, on the land,… (more…)

Friday, December 28, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God.” ~ Galatians 2:20 ~ When the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood, He first of all said, “Live”; and this He did first, because life is… (more…)

Friday, December 27, 2019 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Can the rush grow up without mire?” ~ Job 8:11 ~ The rush is spongy and hollow, and even so is a hypocrite; there is no substance or stability in him. It is shaken to and fro in every wind just as formalists yield to every influence; for this reason… (more…)