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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.08.23

“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 streams, as night accepts light from the stars, so we,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.07.23

“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 forgotten me.” How amazed the divine mind seems to be at… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.06.23

“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 the dust, but to continue in it. As well chain the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.05.23

“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 they prepareIn caverns deep a burning snare,He shot from heaven a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.04.23

“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 might, when he boasts, “I know that I shall conquer, my… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.03.23

“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 sighs and tears; yet that groan has made all the harps… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.02.23

“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 are changing. The sun itself grows dim with age; the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.01.23

  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 would father’s heart leap for joy, and mother’s eyes… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~10.31.23

I will praise thee, O Lord. ~ Psalm 9.1 ~ Praise should always follow answered prayer; as the mist of earths gratitude rises when the sun of heavens love warms the ground. Hath the Lord been gracious to thee, and inclined his ear to the voice of thy supplication? Then praise him as long as thou livest. Let the ripe… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.30.23

“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, “~ Matthew 6:9 ~ This prayer begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit of adoption,Our Father There is no acceptable prayer until we can say,  will arise, and go unto my Father. This child-like spirit soon perceives the grandeur of the Father in heaven, and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.29.23

“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, etc.”~ Matthew 6:9 ~ This prayer begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit of adoption, “Our Father.” There is no acceptable prayer until we can say, “I will arise, and go unto my Father.” This child-like spirit soon perceives the grandeur of the Father “in… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.28.23

“I have chosen you out of the world.” ~ John 15:19 ~ Here is distinguishing grace and discriminating regard; for some are made the special objects of divine affection. Do not be afraid to dwell upon this high doctrine of election. When your mind is most heavy and depressed, you will find it to be a bottle of richest cordial.… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.28.23

“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 one of the absolutely essential things in spiritual matters, and until… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.27.23

“It is a faithful saying.”~ 2 Timothy 2:11 ~ Paul has four of these “faithful sayings.” The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” The next is in 1 Timothy 4:6, “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.26.23

  “Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.”~ Haggai 1:9 ~ Churlish souls stint their contributions to the ministry and missionary operations, and call… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.25.23

“For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.”~ 2 John 2 ~ Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man unto itself, no power human or infernal can dislodge it. We entertain it not as a guest but as the master of the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.24.23

“The trees of the Lord are full of sap.”~ Psalm 104:16 ~ Without sap the tree cannot flourish or even exist. Vitality is essential to a Christian. There must be life”a vital principle infused into us by God the Holy Ghost, or we cannot be trees of the Lord. The mere name of being a Christian is but a dead… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.23.23

“Will ye also go away?”~ John 6:67 ~ Many have forsaken Christ, and have walked no more with Him; but what reason have YOU to make a change? Has there been any reason for it in the past? Has not Jesus proved Himself all-sufficient? He appeals to you this morning Have I been a wilderness unto you?” When your soul… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.22.23

“I will love them freely.”~ Hosea 14:4 ~ This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fulness is a true master in Israel. It is a condensation of the glorious message of salvation which was delivered to us in Christ Jesus our Redeemer. The… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~10.31.23

I will praise thee, O Lord. ~ Psalm 9.1 ~ Praise should always follow answered prayer; as the mist of earths gratitude rises when the sun of heaven’s love warms the ground. Hath the Lord been gracious to thee, and inclined his ear to the voice of thy supplication? Then praise him as long as thou livest. Let the ripe… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.21.23

“The love of Christ constraineth us.”~ 2 Corinthians 5:14 ~ How much owest thou unto my Lord? Has He ever done anything for thee? Has He forgiven thy sins? Has He covered thee with a robe of righteousness? Has He set thy feet upon a rock? Has He established thy goings? Has He prepared heaven for thee? Has He prepared… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.20.23

“Grow up into Him in all things.”~ Ephesians 4:15 ~ Many Christians remain stunted and dwarfed in spiritual things, so as to present the same appearance year after year. No up-springing of advanced and refined feeling is manifest in them. They exist but do not “grow up into Him in all things.” But should we rest content with being in… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.19.23

“Babes in Christ.”~ 1 Corinthians 3:1 ~ Are you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for gratitude. Remember that in some things you are equal to the greatest and most full-grown Christian. You are as much bought with blood… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.18.23

“Thy paths drop fatness.”~ Psalm 65:11 ~ Many are “the paths of the Lord” which “drop fatness,” but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, “My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me.” Starving souls live at a distance from the mercy-seat, and become like the parched… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.17.23

“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul.”~ 1 Samuel 27:1 ~ The thought of David’s heart at this time was a false thought, because he certainly had no ground for thinking that God’s anointing him by Samuel was intended to be left as an empty unmeaning act. On no one… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.15.23

“But who may abide the day of his coming?”~ Malachi 3:2 ~ His first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there were few who could abide its testing might. Herod and all Jerusalem with him were stirred at the news of the wondrous birth. Those who supposed themselves to be waiting for Him,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.14.23

“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.”~ Philippians 3:8 ~ Spiritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person’s acquaintance with Him. No, I must know Him myself; I must know Him on my own account. It will be an intelligent knowledge I… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.13.23

“Godly sorrow worketh repentance.”~ 2 Corinthians 7:10 ~ Genuine, spiritual mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too choice a flower to grow in nature’s garden. Pearls grow naturally in oysters, but penitence never shows itself in sinners except divine grace works it in them. If thou hast one particle of real hatred for… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.12.23

“I will meditate in Thy precepts.”~ Psalm 119:15 ~ There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in His service. We ought to muse upon the things of God,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.11.23

“Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.”~ Lamentations 3:41 ~ The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without constraining us to pray for them we should never know how poor we are, but a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.10.23

“Faultless before the presence of His glory.”~ Jude 24 ~ Revolve in your mind that wondrous word, faultless!” We are far off from it now; but as our Lord never stops short of perfection in His work of love, we shall reach it one day. The Saviour who will keep His people to the end, will also present them at… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.09.23

“Able to keep you from falling.“~ Jude 24 ~ In some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no road so dangerous. It is beset with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace be absent), and down we go. What a slippery path is that which… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.08.23

“Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.”~ Luke 5:4 ~ We learn from this narrative, the necessity of human agency. The draught of fishes was miraculous, yet neither the fisherman nor his boat, nor his fishing tackle were ignored; but all were used to take the fishes. So in the saving of souls, God… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.07.23

“Wherefore hast Thou afflicted Thy servant?”~ Numbers 11:11 ~ Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: the paste gem dreads to be touched by the diamond, but the true jewel fears no test. It is a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.06.23

“Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.”~ John 4:14 ~ He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose days are weary for want of comfort, and whose nights are long from absence of… (more…)

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