Monthly Archives: September 2015

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.30.15

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “A living dog is better than a dead lion.”—Ecclesiastes 9:4. LIFE is a precious thing, and in its humblest form it is superior to death. This truth is eminently certain in spiritual things. It is better to be the least in the kingdom of heaven than the greatest out of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.30.15

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Needs to Open Our Mouths Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. (Psalm 81:10) What an encouragement to pray! Our human notions would lead us to ask small things because our deservings are so small; but the Lord would have us request great blessings. Prayer should… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.30.15

Philippians 1:9-10 “And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 1,040

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.30.15

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Sing forth the honour of His name, make His praise glorious.”—Psalm 66:2. I is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not. Praise is God’s most righteous due, and every Christian, as the recipient of His grace, is bound to praise God from day to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.29.15

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I found Him whom my soul loveth: I held Him, and would not let Him go.”—Song of Solomon 3:4. DOES Christ receive us when we come to Him, notwithstanding all our past sinfulness? Does He never chide us for having tried all other refuges first? And is there none on… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.29.15

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon To Glorify Christ Jesus He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (John 16:14) The Holy Ghost Himself cannot better glorify the Lord Jesus than by showing to us Christ’s own things. Jesus is His own best commendation. There is… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.29.15

John 3:20-21 “For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.29.15

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague.”—Leviticus 13:13. STRANGE enough this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing out of the disease proved that the constitution was sound. This morning it may be well for… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.28.15

Monday, September 28, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Go again seven times.”—1 Kings 18:43. SUCCESS is certain when the Lord has promised it. Although you may have pleaded month after month without evidence of answer, it is not possible that the Lord should be deaf when His people are earnest in a matter which concerns His glory. The… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.28.15

 Monday, September 28, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Work is Done; Rest in Him There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. (Hebrews 4:9) God has provided a Sabbath, and some must enter into it. Those to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief; therefore, that Sabbath remains for the… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.28.15

1 Corinthians 2:14 “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 1,085

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.28.15

Monday, September 28, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men.”—Psalm 33:13. PERHAPS no figure of speech represents God in a more gracious light than when He is spoken of as stooping from His throne, and coming down from heaven to attend to the wants and to behold the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.27.15

Sunday, September 27, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My Beloved put in His hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for Him.”—Song of Solomon 5:4. KNOCKING was not enough, for my heart was too full of sleep, too cold and ungrateful to arise and open the door, but the touch of His effectual… (more…)

Seeking God First ~

I’m seeking God first, before I do anything else I will be looking unto Him not to my wretched self. I’ll be seeking His kingdom, for my daily bread . . . focusing on the destination of the glory that lies ahead. I’m seeking in my Bible, what He has for me today I’m asking Him to show me His… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.27.15

Sunday, September 27, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Divine Light in Darkness For thou wilt light my candle. (Psalm 18:28) It may be that my soul sits in darkness; and if this be of a spiritual kind, no human power can bring me light. Blessed be God! He can enlighten my darkness and at once… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.27.15

Matthew 6.33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 1,054

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.27.15

Sunday, September 27, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord!”—Deuteronomy 33:29. HE who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it. It were strange indeed, if it made us wretched, for see to what a position it exalts us!… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.26.15

Saturday, September 26, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen.”—Zechariah 11:2. WHEN in the forest there is heard the crash of a falling oak, it is a sign that the woodman is abroad, and every tree in the whole company may tremble lest to-morrow the sharp edge of the axe should find… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.26.15

Saturday, September 26, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Among the Redeemed Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be redeemed among the nations. (Numbers 23:9) Who would wish to dwell among the nations and to be numbered with them? Why, even the professing church is such that to follow the Lord fully within its… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.26.15

Hebrews 10.31-31 “For we know him that hath said,  Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 983

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.26.15

Saturday, September 26, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The myrtle trees that were in the bottom.”—Zechariah 1:8. THE vision in this chapter describes the condition of Israel in Zechariah’s day; but being interpreted in its aspect towards us, it describes the Church of God as we find it now in the world. The Church is compared to a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.25.15

Friday, September 25, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Who of God is made unto us wisdom.”—1 Corinthians 1:30. MAN’S intellect seeks after rest, and by nature seeks it apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Men of education are apt, even when converted, to look upon the simplicities of the cross of Christ with an eye too little reverent… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.25.15

Friday, September 25, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Sacrifice Has Been Accepted If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these thing. (Judges 13:23) This is a sort of promise deduced by logic.… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.25.15

1 John 2.1 “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 883

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.25.15

Friday, September 25, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Just, and the justifier of him which believeth.”—Romans 3:26. BEING justified by faith, we have peace with God. Conscience accuses no longer. Judgment now decides for the sinner instead of against him. Memory looks back upon past sins, with deep sorrow for the sin, but yet with no dread of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.24.15

Thursday, September 24, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I sleep, but my heart waketh.”—Song of Solomon 5:2. PARADOXES abound in Christian experience, and here is one—the spouse was asleep, and yet she was awake. He only can read the believer’s riddle who has ploughed with the heifer of his experience. The two points in this evening’s text are—a… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.24.15

Thursday, September 24, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Life-Giving Stream And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live. (Ezekiel 47:9) The living waters, in the prophet’s vision, flowed into the Dead Sea and carried life with them, even into that stagnant lake. Where… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.24.15

Hebrews 10:35-36 “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 760

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.24.15

Thursday, September 24, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek Him; but His power and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.23.15

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe.”—Mark 9:23. A certain man had a demoniac son, who was afflicted with a dumb spirit. The father, having seen the futility of the endeavours of the disciples to heal his child, had little or no faith in Christ, and therefore, when he… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.23.15

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Deliverance from Dust and Chaff For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all sections, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. (Amos 9:9) The sifting process is going on still.… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.23.15

Romans 5:3-4 “Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.” King James Version by Public Domain ~ To God Be the Glory ~ Thank You For Visiting 1,324

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.23.15

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Accepted in the beloved.”—Ephesians 1:6. WHAT a state of privilege! It includes our justification before God, but the term acceptance” in the Greek means more than that. It signifies that we are the objects of divine complacence, nay, even of divine delight. How marvellous that we, worms, mortals, sinners, should… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.22.15

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.”—Psalm 61:2. MOST of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in heart; emptied as when a man wipeth a dish and turneth it upside down; submerged and thrown on our beam ends like a… (more…)

Autumn Blessings ~

Autumn brings to the soul relief, as hot Summer days, slip to an end God sent the season for weary hearts to restore, repair and mend. Unlike the Autumn trees, that shed their changing leaves God sent the season for failing hearts to adhere, embrace and cleave. Just as with the Autumn winds, there comes a new refreshing rain God… (more…)