Category Archives: ~ To God Be the Glory ~

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.10.25

“Man . . . is of few days, and full of trouble.”~ Job 14:1 ~ It may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to remember this mournful fact, for it may lead us to set loose by earthly things. There is nothing very pleasant in the recollection that we are not above the shafts of adversity,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.10.25

Walk in Light “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” ~ John 12:46 ~ This world is dark as midnight; Jesus has come that by faith we may have light and may no longer sit in the gloom which covers all the rest of mankind. Whosoever is a very… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.10.25

“In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved.”~ Psalm 30:6 ~ Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel.” Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep;… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 04.10.25

“The place which is called Calvary.”~ Luke 23:33 ~ The hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross; the temple of heavenly blessing is founded upon the riven rock riven by the spear which pierced His side. No scene in sacred history ever gladdens the soul like Calvary’s… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.09.25

“Abide in Me.”~ John 15:4 ~ Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near to Jesus, Christian, and it is matter of secondary importance whether… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.09.25

Prayer for Peace “And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pay unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.”~ Jeremiah 29:7 ~ The principle involved in this text would suggest to all of us who are the Lord’s strangers and foreigners that we… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.09.25

“Yea, He is altogether lovely.”~ Song of Solomon 5:16 ~ The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair, He is lovely. Surely the people of God can fully justify the use of this golden word, for He is the object of their… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.08.25

“She called his name Ben-oni (son of sorrow), but his father called him Benjamin (son of my right hand).”~ Genesis 35:18 ~ To every matter there is a bright as well as a dark side. Rachel was overwhelmed with the sorrow of her own travail and death; Jacob, though weeping the mother’s loss, could see the mercy of the child’s… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.08.25

Our Substance Blessed “Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.”~ Deuteronomy 28:5 ~ Obedience brings a blessing on all the provisions which our industry earns for us. That which comes in and goes out at once, like fruit in the basket which is for immediate use, shall be blest; and that which is laid by with us for a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.08.25

“We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”~ Acts 14:22 ~ God’s people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when He chose His people, that they should be an untried people. They were chosen in the furnace of affliction; they were never chosen to worldly peace and earthly joy. Freedom from sickness and the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.07.25

“It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man.”~ Psalm 118:8 ~ Doubtless the reader has been tried with the temptation to rely upon the things which are seen, instead of resting alone upon the invisible God. Christians often look to man for help and counsel, and mar the noble simplicity of their reliance upon… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.07.25

From Fetters Free The Lord looseth the prisoner. ~ Psalm 146:7 ~ He has done it. Remember Joseph, Israel in Egypt, Manasseh, Jeremiah, Peter, and many others. He can do it still. He breaks the bars of brass with a word and snaps the fetters of iron with a look. He is doing it. In a thousand places troubled ones… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.07.25

“Have faith in God.”~ Mark 11:22 ~ Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well; and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.06.25

“Before destruction the heart of man is haughty.”~ Proverbs 18:12 ~ IT is an old and common saying, that “coming events cast their shadows before them;” the wise man teaches us that a haughty heart is the prophetic prelude of evil. Pride is as safely the sign of destruction as the change of mercury in the weather-glass is the sign… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.06.25

Guardian of the Fatherless “In thee the fatherless findeth mercy.”~ Hosea 14:3 ~ This is an excellent reason for casting away all other confidences and relying upon the Lord alone. When a child is left without its natural protector, our God steps in and becomes his guardian: so also when a man has lost every object of dependence, he may… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.06.25

“Ye must be born again.”~ John 3:7 ~ Regeneration is a subject which lies at the very basis of salvation, and we should be very diligent to take heed that we really are “born again,” for there are many who fancy they are, who are not. Be assured that the name of a Christian is not the nature of a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.05.25

  “Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.”~ Psalm 35:3 ~ What does this sweet prayer teach me? It shall be my evening’s petition; but first let it yield me an instructive meditation. The text informs me first of all that David had his doubts; for why should he pray, “Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation,” if… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.05.25

Home Blessings “He blesseth the habitation of the just.”~ Proverbs 3:33 ~ He fears the Lord, and therefore he comes under the divine protection even as to the roof which covers himself and his family. His home is an abode of love, a school of holy training, and a place of heavenly light. In it there is a family attar… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.05.25

“Let us not sleep, as do others.”~ 1 Thessalonians 5:6 ~ There are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among the rest, let me strongly advise Christians to converse together concerning the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said to themselves, “To prevent drowsiness in this place, let us fall into good… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.04.25

“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house.”~ Psalm 36:8 ~ Sheba’s queen was amazed at the sumptuousness of Solomon’s table. She lost all heart when she saw the provision of a single day; and she marvelled equally at the company of servants who were feasted at the royal board. But what is this to the hospitalities… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.04.25

Honor God “Them that honor me I will honor.”~ 1 Samuel 2:30 ~ Do I make the honor of God the great object of my life and the rule of my conduct? If so, He will honor me. I may for a while receive no honor from man, but God will Himself put honor upon me in the most effectual… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.04.25

“My grace is sufficient for thee.” ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 ~ If none of God’s saints were poor and tried, we should not know half so well the consolations of divine grace. When we find the wanderer who has not where to lay his head, who yet can say, “Still will I trust in the or, when we see the pauper… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.03.25

“He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove.”~ Matthew 3:16 ~ As the Spirit of God descended upon the Lord Jesus, the head, so He also, in measure, descends upon the members of the mystical body. His descent is to us after the same fashion as that in which it fell upon our Lord. There is often a… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.03.25

Not Left to Perish For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither will thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. ~ Psalm 16:10 ~ This word has its proper fulfillment in the Lord Jesus; but it applies also, with a variation, to all who are in Him. Our soul shall not be left in the separate state,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.03.25

“I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”~ Isaiah 48.10 ~ Comfort thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Does not the word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yea, is it not an asbestos armour, against which the heat hath no power? Let… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.02.25

“But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.”~ 1 Samuel 13:20 ~ We are engaged in a great war with the Philistines of evil. Every weapon within our reach must be used. Preaching, teaching, praying, giving, all must be brought into action, and talents… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.02.25

Giving Without a Whisper “But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in, secret himself shall regard thee openly.”~ Matthew 6:3-4 ~ No promise is made to those who give to the poor to be seen of men. They have… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.02.25

“His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.”~ Genesis 49:24 ~ That strength which God gives to His Josephs is real strength; it is not a boasted valour, a fiction, a thing of which men talk, but which ends in smoke; it is true divine… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.01.25

“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.”~ Song of Solomon 4:16 ~ Anything is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified to the drawing forth of the perfume of our graces. So… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.01.25

Joy for the Cast-Out “Hear the Word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his guard; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.”~ Isaiah 66:5 ~ Possibly this text may not apply to one in a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.01.25

“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.”~ Song of Solomon 4:16 ~ Anything is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified to the drawing forth of the perfume of our graces. So… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.28.25

“The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah.”~ 1 Kings 17:16 ~ See the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had daily necessities. She had herself and her son to feed in a time of famine; and now, in addition,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.28.25

Set Apart “Ye shall be named the priests of the Lord.”~ Isaiah 61:6 ~ This literal promise to Israel belongs spiritually to the seed after the Spirit, namely, to all believers. If we live up to our privileges, we shall live unto God so clearly and distinctly that men shall see that we are set apart for holy service and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.28.25

“My expectation is from Him.”~ Psalm 62:5 ~ It is the believer’s privilege to use this language. If he is looking for aught from the world, it is a poor “expectation” indeed. But if he looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or spiritual blessings, his expectation” will not be a vain one. Constantly he… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.27.25

“Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” ~ Micah 5:2 ~ The Lord Jesus had goings forth for His people as their representative before the throne, long before they appeared upon the stage of time. It was “from everlasting” that He signed the compact with His Father, that He would pay blood for blood, suffering for suffering,… (more…)

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