Monthly Archives: September 2021

Today’s Poem: Faith For the Impossible

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Faith For the Impossible ~ By Deborah Ann Faith doesn’t make,things easier . . .it won’t make lifeget any breezier. But faith can and will,make things possiblewhen you give to Godthe improbable. Faith doesn’t make,problems lighter . . .it won’t make lifeanymore kinder. But faith can and will,make things workablewhen you give Jesusthe imaginable. Faith… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.13.21

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind,having compassion one ofanother, love as brethren,be pitiful, be courteous: King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 598

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.13.21

Monday, September 13, 2021 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well, the rain also filleth the pools.”  ~ Psalm 84:6 ~ This teaches us that the comfort obtained by a one may often prove serviceable to another; just as wells would be used by the company who came after. We… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.12.21

This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will sing of mercy and judgment.” ~ Psalm 101:1 ~ Faith triumphs in trial. When reason is thrust into the inner prison, with her feet made fast in the stocks, faith makes the dungeon walls ring with her merry notes as she I cries, “I will sing of mercy and of judgment. Unto… (more…)

#throwbackpoem: Hear Me, Hold Me, Hide Me

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Hear Me, Hold Me, Hide Me ~ By Deborah Ann Hear me Oh Lord,open to me Your eartake away from methe sum of my fear. Keep me in the night,while shadows moveso that my trustto You I may prove. Hold me up Lord,don’t let me slipkeep Your Wordsfixed on my lips. Let my prayers flow,straight… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.12.21

Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon What of My House? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. ~ Acts 16:31 ~ This gospel for a man with a sword at his throat is the gospel for me. This would suit me if I were dying, and it is all that I… (more…)

Today’s Poem: Abiding

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Abiding ~ By Deborah Ann If you want the Lord,to abide in youthen you must . . .act as in Him too. If you desire the Lord,to remain in youthen you gotta . . .reside in Him too. If you wish the Lord,to stay in youthen you should . . .behave like Him too.… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.12.21

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always:and again I say, Rejoice. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 1,112

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.12.21

Sunday, September 12, 2021 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “God is jealous.” ~ Nahum 1:2 ~ Your Lord is very jealous of your love, O believer. Did He choose you? He cannot bear that you should choose another. Did He buy you with His own blood? He cannot endure that you should think that you are your own, or… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.11.21

This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness because of mine enemies.” ~ Psalms 5:8 ~ Very bitter is the enmity of the world against the people of Christ. Men will forgive a thousand faults in others, but they will magnify the most trivial offence in the followers of Jesus. Instead of vainly regretting this,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.11.21

Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Sufferers Make Strong Believers It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.   ~ Lamentations 3:27 ~ This is as good as a promise. It has been good, it is good, and it will be good for me to bear the yoke. Early in life I had… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.11.21

Psalm 121:1-2 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,from whence cometh my help.My help cometh from the Lord,which made heaven and earth. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 952

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.11.21

Saturday, September 11, 2021 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Be ye separate.” ~ 2 Corinthians 6:17 ~ The Christian, while in the world, is not to be of the world. He should be distinguished from it in the great object of his life. To him, “to live,” should be “Christ.” Whether he eats, or drinks, or whatever he does,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.10.21

This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Evening wolves.” ~ Habakkuk 1:8 ~ While preparing the present volume, this particular expression recurred to me so frequently, that in order to be rid of its constant importunity I determined to give a page to it. The evening wolf, infuriated by a day of hunger, was fiercer and more ravenous than he would… (more…)

#throwbackpoem: Contemplating My Faith

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Contemplating My Faith ~ By Deborah Ann Sometimes to myself,I have a long talk . . .I ponder how I’ve walkedthe faithful walk. I dwell on my hope,with care I think aboutthe times I trusted Godand those full of doubt. Sometime to myself,I sit and meditate . . .with fear and tremblingmy faith I contemplate.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.10.21

Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Coming In; Going Out “Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.” ~ Deuteronomy 28:6 ~ The blessings of the law are not canceled. Jesus confirmed the promise when He bore the penalty. If I keep the commands of my Lord, I may… (more…)

Today’s Poem: In God’s Pasture

to GOD be the GLORY ~ In God’s Pasture ~ By Deborah Ann Lord, in Your pasture,today I will go . . .for there is whereYour peace flows. I will stretch out,for a spellfor it is whereYou too dwell. Lord, in Your pasture,today I will fleefor there is whereI can meet with Thee. I will seek rest,for my heart and mindfor… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.10.21

Isaiah 46:4 And even to your old ageI am he; and even to hoarhairs will I carry you:I have made, and I will bear;even I will carry,and will deliver you. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 882

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.10.21

Friday, September 10, 2021 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.”   ~ Mark 3:13 ~ Here was sovereignty. Impatient spirits may fret and fume, because they are not called to the highest places in the ministry; but reader be it thine… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.09.21

This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment.” ~Revelation 4:4~ These representatives of the saints in heaven are said to be around the throne. In the passage in Canticles, where Solomon sings of the King sitting at… (more…)

#throwbackpoem: I Don’t Trust Man

to GOD be the GLORY ~ I Don’t Trust Man~ By Deborah Ann I don’t trust man,to tell me how to liveI don’t have confidence . . .in the reasons they give. For man will say,do whatever you wantor your regretswill come back to haunt. But, I know God,will have the final sayon how I choose . . .to live out… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.09.21

Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Fear Has Its Place “Happy is the man that feareth alway.” ~ Proverbs 28:14 ~ The fear of the Lord is the beginning and the foundation of all true religion. Without a solemn awe and reverence of God there is no foothold for the more brilliant virtues. He whose soul does not… (more…)

Today’s Poem: Unwind

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Unwind ~ By Deborah Ann Come My child,tell me what’s on your mindcome and rest with Mefrom your troubles unwind. Tell me all about them,unload yourself on Mecome so from your worriesI may set you free. Come My child,sit here with Me for a spellcome so I may give youwater from the living well.… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.09.21

Titus 2:2 That the aged men be sober,grave, temperate, sound in faith,in charity, in patience. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 999

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.09.21

Thursday, September 09, 2021 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.” ~ Jeremiah 33:3 ~ There are different translations of these words. One version renders it, “I will shew thee great and fortified things.” Another, “Great and reserved things.” Now, there are reserved and special things… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.08.21

This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead.” ~ Ephesians 1:19, 20 ~ In the resurrection of Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short of a divine power.… (more…)

#throwbackpoem: Troubled Not

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Troubled Not ~ By Deborah Ann Trouble not your heart,let not fear into it enterinstead keep your eyeson God front and centered. Then when troubles come,you wont be dismayedas you let God’s mercyinto your soul pervade. Trouble not your mind,when worries start to brewinstead keep your eyeson your eternal view. Then when problems come,you… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.08.21

Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Broken and Smoking “A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench” ~ Isaiah 42:3 ~ Then I may reckon upon tender treatment from my Lord. Indeed, I feel myself to be at best as weak, as pliant, as worthless as a reed. Someone said, “I… (more…)

Today’s Poem: A Bruised Heart

to GOD be the GLORY ~ A Bruised Heart ~ By Deborah Ann Feeling baffled,a little confusedfeeling’s hurtingheart’s been bruised? Well God doesn’t want,you to be crushedso keep giving Himyour complete trust. Feeling forsaken,lost and alonefeeling’s exposedright to the bone? Well God doesn’t want,you to feel distraughtso just give to Himall your weary thoughts. Feeling deceived,wronged and misledfeeling’s rawhurt is widespread?… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 09.08.21

Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do thy will;for thou art my God:thy spirit is good; lead meinto the land of uprightness. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 781

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.08.21

Wednesday, September 08, 2021 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “From Me is thy fruit found.” ~ Hosea 14:8 ~ Our fruit is found from our God as to union. The fruit of the branch is directly traceable to the root. Sever the connection, the branch dies, and no fruit is produced. By virtue of our union with Christ we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.07.21

This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.” ~ Jeremiah 49:23 ~ Little  know we what sorrow may be upon the sea at this moment. We are safe in our quiet chamber, but far away on the salt sea the hurricane may be cruelly seeking for the lives of men. Hear how… (more…)

#throwbackpoem: I Walk By Faith

to GOD be the GLORY ~ I Walk By Faith ~ By Deborah Ann I walk by faith,not by sightbecause Jesusis my light. His Word my path,illuminatesso His stepI can duplicate. His Spirit dwells,inside of meso I can trustwhat I can’t see. His guidance helps,me finally findpeace for bothheart and mind. I walk by faith,in His lightfor I trust Jesus .… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.07.21

Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Reach of Almighty Grace “It shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.”  ~ Hosea 1:10 ~ Sovereign grace can make strangers into sons, and… (more…)

Today’s Poem: Life Is Like A Journey

to GOD be the GLORY ~ Life Is Like A Journey ~ By Deborah Ann Life is like a journey,into a vast wildernessso often we get lostdue to our own willfulness. But when we let God,guide us with His Lightour pride and egowe can wisely fight. Life is like a journey,into a dark abyssso often we get stuckand the mark we… (more…)