Category Archives: Evening’s With Spurgeon

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.23.16

Saturday, January 23, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We will remember Thy love more than wine. ~ Song of Solomon 1:4 ~ JESUS will not let His people forget His love. If all the love they have enjoyed should be forgotten, He will visit them with fresh love. “Do you forget my cross?” says He, “I will cause… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.22.16

Friday, January 22, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “Doth Job fear God for nought?”—Job 1:9. THIS was the wicked question of Satan concerning that upright man of old, but there are many in the present day concerning whom it might be asked with justice, for they love God after a fashion because He prospers them; but if… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.21.16

Thursday, January 21, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of Thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst?”~ Judges 15:18 ~ SAMSON was thirsty and ready to die. The difficulty was totally different from any which the hero… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.20.16

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken Thou me in Thy way.”~ Psalm 119:37 ~ THERE are divers kinds of vanity. The cap and bells of the fool, the mirth of the world, the dance, the lyre, and the cup of the dissolute, all these men know to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.19.16

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures.”~ Luke 24:45 ~ HE whom we viewed last evening as opening Scripture, we here perceive opening the understanding. In the first work He has many fellow-labourers, but in the second He stands alone; many can bring the Scriptures to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.18.16

Monday, January 18, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” ~Luke 24:27 ~ THE two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey. Their companion and teacher was the best of tutors; the interpreter one of a thousand, in whom are hid all the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.17.16

Sunday, January 17, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And it came to pass in an evening-tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house.” ~ 2 Samuel 11:2 ~ At that hour David saw Bathsheba. We are never out of the reach of temptation. Both at home and abroad we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon 01.16.16

Saturday, January 16, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself.”~ Daniel 9:26 ~ BLESSED be His name, there was no cause of death in Him. Neither original nor actual sin had defiled Him, and therefore death had no claim upon Him. No man could have taken His life from Him… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.15.16

Friday, January 15, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But I give myself unto prayer.” ~ Psalm 109:4 ~ LYING tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did not defend himself; he moved the case into a higher court, and pleaded before the great King Himself. Prayer is the safest method of replying to words of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.14.16

Thursday, January 14, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.” ~ Matthew 14:30 ~ SINKING times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer at starting upon his venturous journey, but when he began to sink his danger made him a suppliant, and his cry though late was not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.13.16

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The iron did swim.” ~ 2 Kings 6:9 ~ THE axe-head seemed hopelessly lost, and as it was borrowed, the honour of the prophetic band was likely to be imperilled, and so the name of their God to be compromised. Contrary to all expectation, the iron was made to mount… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.12.16

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.” ~ Job 36:2 ~ WE ought not to court publicity for our virtue, or notoriety for our zeal; but, at the same time, it is a sin to be always seeking to hide that which God has bestowed upon us for the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.11.16

Monday, January 11, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “I have prayed for thee.”—Luke 22:32. HOW encouraging is the thought of the Redeemer’s never-ceasing intercession for us. When we pray, He pleads for us; and when we are not praying, He is advocating our cause, and by His supplications shielding us from unseen dangers. Notice the word of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.10.16

Sunday, January 10, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In my flesh shall I see God.”—Job 19:26. MARK the subject of Job’s devout anticipation “I shall see God.” He does not say, “I shall see the saints”—though doubtless that will be untold felicity—but, “I shall see God.” It is not—”I shall see the pearly gates, I shall behold the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.09.16

Saturday, January 09, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Serve the Lord with gladness.”—Psalm 100:2. DELIGHT in divine service is a token of acceptance. Those who serve God with a sad countenance, because they do what is unpleasant to them, are not serving Him at all; they bring the form of homage, but the life is absent. Our God… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.08.16

Friday, January 08, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thy love is better than wine.”—Song of Solomon 1:2. NOTHING gives the believer so much joy as fellowship with Christ. He has enjoyment as others have in the common mercies of life, he can be glad both in God’s gifts and God’s works; but in all these separately, yea, and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.07.16

Thursday, January 07, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My sister, my spouse.”—Song of Solomon 4:12. OBSERVE the sweet titles with which the heavenly Solomon with intense affection addresses His bride the church. “My sister, one near to me by ties of nature, partaker of the same sympathies. My spouse, nearest and dearest, united to me by the tenderest… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.05.16

Tuesday, January 05, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And God saw the light.” ~ Genesis 1:4 ~ THIS morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord’s dividing it from the darkness, we now note the special eye which the Lord had for the light. “God saw the light”—He looked at it with complacency, gazed upon… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.04.16

Monday, January 04, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.” ~ Genesis 42:8 ~ THIS morning our desires went forth for growth in our acquaintance with the Lord Jesus; it may be well to-night to consider a kindred topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph’s knowledge of us. This was most blessedly… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.03.16

Sunday, January 03, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” ~ Luke 3:4 ~ THE voice crying in the wilderness demanded a way for the Lord, a way prepared, and a way prepared in the wilderness. I would be attentive to… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.02.16

Saturday, January 02, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let the people renew their strength.”—Isaiah 41:1. ALL things on earth need to be renewed. No created thing continueth by itself. “Thou renewest the face of the earth,” was the Psalmist’s utterance. Even the trees, which wear not themselves with care, nor shorten their lives with labour, must drink of the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.01.16

  friday, January 01, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “We will be glad and rejoice in Thee.” ~ Song of Solomon 1:4 ~ WE will be glad and rejoice in Thee. We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon 12.31.15

  Thursday, December 31, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.” ~ Jeremiah 8:20 ~ NOT saved! Dear reader, is this your mournful plight? Warned of the judgment to come, bidden to escape for your life, and yet at this moment not saved! You know the way… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.30.15

  Wednesday, December 30, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?” ~ 2 Samuel 2:26 ~ FF, O my reader! thou art merely a professor, and not a possessor of the faith that is in Christ Jesus, the following lines are a true ketch of thine end. You… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.29.15

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “What think ye of Christ?”—Matthew 22:42. THE great test of your soul’s health is, What think you of Christ? Is He to you “fairer than the children of men”—”the chief among ten thousand”—the “altogether lovely”? Wherever Christ is thus esteemed, all the faculties of the spiritual man exercise themselves with… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.28.15

Monday, December 28, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword.”—Matthew 10:34. THE Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if to do the right, and to believe the I true, should cause him to lose every earthly friend,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.27.15

Sunday, December 27, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And the LORD shall guide thee continually.”—Isaiah 58:11. THE Lord shall guide thee.” Not an angel, but JEHOVAH shall guide thee. He said He would not go through the wilderness before His people, an angel should go before them to lead them in the way; but Moses said, “If Thy… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.26.15

Saturday, December 26, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Lo, I am with you alway.”—Matthew 28:20. THE Lord Jesus is in the midst of His church; He walketh among the golden candlesticks; His promise is, “Lo, I am with you alway.” He is as surely with us now as He was with the disciples at the lake, when they… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.25.15

Friday, December 25, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.24.15

Thursday, December 24, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”—Isaiah 40:5. WE anticipate the happy day when the whole world shall be converted to Christ; when the gods of the heathen shall be cast to the moles and the bats; when Romanism shall be exploded,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.23.15

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “The night also is Thine.”—Psalm 74:16. YES, Lord, Thou dost not abdicate Thy throne when the sun goeth down, nor dost Thou leave the world all through these long wintry nights to be the prey of evil; Thine eyes watch us as the stars, and Thine arms surround us… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.22.15

Tuesday, December 22, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “The spot of His children.”—Deuteronomy 32:5. WHAT is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God’s word reveals it to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to be our guide.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.21.15

Monday, December 21, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.”—Ezekiel 16:10. SEE with what matchless generosity the Lord provides for His people’s apparel. They are so arrayed that the divine skill is seen… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.20.15

Sunday, December 20, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Call thy labourers, and give them their hire.”—Matthew 20:8. GOD is a good paymaster; He pays His servants while at work as well as when they have done it; and one of His payments is this: an easy conscience. If you have spoken faithfully of Jesus to one person, when… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.19.15

  Saturday, December 19, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And there was no more sea.”—Revelation 21:1. SCARCELY could we rejoice at the thought of losing the glorious old ocean: the new heavens and the new earth are none the fairer to our imagination, if, indeed, literally there is to be no great and wide sea, with its gleaming… (more…)

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