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Friday, June 12, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.”—Daniel 5:27. IT is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God’s Word. You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of David, and, as you meditate upon each verse, to ask yourself, “Can I say… (more…)

Thursday, June 11, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. h. Spurgeon “We love Him because He first loved us.”—1 John 4:19. THERE is no light in the planet but that which proceedeth from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which cometh from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing fountain of the… (more…)

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We live unto the Lord.”—Romans 14:8. IF God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our preparation for immortality that we should tarry here. It is possible for a man to be taken to heaven, and… (more…)

Tuesday, June 09, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.”—Psalm 126:3. SOME Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them. Ask for their impression of the… (more…)

Monday, June 08, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There fell down many slain, because the war was of God.”—1 Chronicles 5:22. WARRIOR, fighting under the banner of the Lord Jesus, observe this verse with holy joy, for as it was in the days of old so is it now, if the war be of God the victory is… (more…)

Sunday, June 07, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye that love the Lord hate evil.”—Psalm 97:10. THOU hast good reason to “hate evil,” for only consider what harm it has already wrought thee. Oh, what a world of mischief sin has brought into thy heart! Sin blinded thee so that thou couldst not see the beauty of the… (more…)

  Saturday, June 06, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, I am vile.”—Job 40:4. ONE cheering word, poor lost sinner, for thee! You think you must not come to God because YOU are vile. Now, there is not a saint living on earth but has been made to feel that he is vile. If Job, and Isaiah, and… (more…)

  Friday, June 05, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord shut him in.”—Genesis 7:16. NOAH was shut in away from all the world by the hand of divine love. The door of electing purpose interposes between us and the world which lieth in the wicked one. We are not of the world even as our Lord Jesus was not… (more…)

  Thursday, June 04, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The kindness and love of God our Saviour.”—Titus 3:4. HOW sweet it is to behold the Saviour communing with His own beloved people! There can be nothing more delightful than, by the Divine Spirit, to be led into this fertile field of delight. Let the mind for an instant… (more…)

  Wednesday, June 03, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “These were potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.” —1 Chronicles 4:23. POTTERS were not the very highest grade of workers, but “the king” needed potters, and therefore they were in royal service, although the material upon which… (more…)

  Tuesday, June 02, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.”. -GALATIANS 5:17 In every believer’s heart there is a constant struggle between the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active, and loses no opportunity of plying all the weapons of its deadly… (more…)

  Monday, June 01, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The evening and the morning were the first day.”—Genesis 1:5. WAS it so even in the beginning? Did light and darkness divide the realm of time in the first day? Then little wonder is it if I have also changes in my circumstances from the sunshine of prosperity to… (more…)

  Sunday, May 31, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron.”—2 Samuel 15:23. DAVID passed that gloomy brook when flying with his mourning company from his traitor son. The man after God’s own heart was not exempt from trouble, nay, his life was full of it. He was both the Lord’s… (more…)

  Saturday, May 30, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines.” Song of Solomon 2:15 Alittle thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins do mischief to the tender heart. These little sins burrow in the soul,… (more…)

  Friday, May 29, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou hatest wickedness.”—Psalm 45:7. BE ye angry, and sin not.” There can hardly be goodness in a man if he be not angry at sin; he who loves truth must hate every false way. How our Lord Jesus hated it when the temptation came! Thrice it assailed Him in… (more…)

Thursday, May 28, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whom He justified, them He also glorified.”—Romans 8:30. HERE is a precious truth for thee, believer. Thou mayest be poor, or in suffering, or unknown, but for thine encouragement take a review of thy “calling” and the consequences that flow from it, and especially that blessed result here spoken of.… (more…)

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.”—2 Samuel 9:13. MEPHIBOSHETH was no great ornament to a royal table, yet he had a continual place at David’s board, because the king could see in his face the… (more…)

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.”—Psalm 55:22. CARE, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried to excess, has in it the nature of sin. The precept to avoid anxious care is earnestly inculcated by our Saviour, again and again; it is reiterated by the… (more…)

Monday, May 25, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Forsake me not, O Lord.”—Psalm 38:21. FREQUENTLY we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at all times. There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we… (more…)

Sunday, May 24, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Blessed be God, which hath nor turned away my prayer.”—Psalm 66:20. IN looking back upon the character of our prayers, if we do it honestly, we shall be filled with wonder that God has ever answered them. There may be some who think their prayers worthy of acceptance—as the Pharisee… (more…)

Saturday, May 23, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.”—Psalm 138:8. MOST manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me—my faith is so steady that it will not stagger—my love is so warm that… (more…)

Friday, May 22, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He led them forth by the right way.”—Psalm 107:7. CHANGEFUL experience often leads the anxious believer to enquire “Why is it thus with me?” I looked for light, but lo, darkness came; for peace, but behold trouble. I said in my heart, my mountain standeth firm, I shall never be… (more…)

Thursday, May 21, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”—1 Peter 2:3. IF:—THEN, this is not a matter to be taken for granted concerning every one of the human race. “If:”—then there is a possibility and a probability that some may not have tasted that the Lord is gracious.… (more…)

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Marvellous lovingkindness.”—Psalm 17:7. WHEN we give our hearts with our alms, we give well, but we must often plead to a failure in this respect. Not so our Master and our Lord. His favours are always performed with the love of His heart. He does not send to us the… (more…)

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.”—Ecclesiastes 10:7. UPSTARTS frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly great pine in obscurity. This is a riddle in providence whose solution will one day gladden the hearts of the upright; but it is so common… (more…)

Monday, May 18, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him.”—Colossians 2:9, 10. ALL the attributes of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead, whatever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He… (more…)

Sunday, May 17, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “So to walk even as He walked.”—1 John 2:6. WHY should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be in a healthy state of soul—if they would escape the sickness of sin, and enjoy the vigour of growing grace, let Jesus be… (more…)

Saturday, May 16, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.”—1 Timothy 6:17. OUR Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw His hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a… (more…)

Friday, May 15, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All that believe are justified.”—Acts 13:39. THE believer in Christ receives a present justification. Faith does not produce this fruit by-and-by, but now. So far as justification is the result of faith, it is given to the soul in the moment when it closes with Christ, and accepts Him as… (more…)

Thursday, May 14, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Joint heirs with Christ.”—Romans 8:17. THE boundless realms of His Father’s universe are Christ’s by prescriptive right. As “heir of all things,” He is the sole proprietor of the vast creation of God, and He has admitted us to claim the whole as ours, by virtue of that deed of… (more…)

 Wednesday, May 13, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”—Psalm 30:5. CHRISTIAN! If thou art in a night of trial, think of the morrow; cheer up thy heart with the thought of the coming of thy Lord. Be patient, for “Lo! He comes with clouds descending.” Be patient!… (more…)

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And will manifest myself to him.”—John 14:21. THE Lord Jesus gives special revelations of Himself to His people. Even if Scripture did not declare this, there are many of the children of God who could testify the truth of it from their own experience. They have had manifestations of their… (more…)

Monday, May 11, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I am with you alway.”—Matthew 28:20. IT is well there is One who is ever the same, and who is ever with us. It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows of the sea of life. O my soul, set not thine affections upon rusting, moth-eaten, decaying… (more…)

Sunday, May 10, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But now is Christ risen from the dead.”—1 Corinthians 15:20. THE whole system of Christianity rests upon the fact that “Christ is risen from the dead;” for, “If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain: ye are yet in your sins.” The… (more…)

Saturday, May 09, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings.”—Ephesians 1:3. ALL the goodness of the past, the present, and the future, Christ bestows upon His people. In the mysterious ages of the past the Lord Jesus was His Father’s first elect, and in His election He gave us an interest, for… (more…)