Category Archives: ~ To God Be the Glory ~

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.16.25

“I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.“~ Philippians 4:11 ~ These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. “Ill weeds grow apace.” Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need not sow thistles and brambles; they come up naturally enough, because… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.15.25

“Whereby they have made Thee glad.”~ Psalm 45:8 ~ And who are thus privileged to make the Saviour glad? His church His people. But is it possible? He makes us glad, but how can we make Him glad? By our love. Ah! we think it so cold, so faint; and so, indeed, we must sorrowfully confess it to be, but… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.15.25

Ever Mindful “The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us.”~ Psalm 115:12 ~ I can set my seal to that first sentence. Cannot you? Yes, Jehovah has thought of us, provided for us, comforted us, delivered us, and guided us. In all the movements of His providence He has been mindful of us, never overlooking our mean… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.15.25

“To Him be glory both now and forever.”~ 2 Peter 3:18 ~ Heaven will be full of the ceaseless praises of Jesus. Eternity! thine unnumbered years shall speed their everlasting course, but forever and for ever, “to Him be glory.” Is He not a “Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek”? “To Him be glory.” Is He not king… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.14.25

Mercy to the Undeserving “He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.”~ Psalm 32:10 ~ O fair reward of trust! My Lord, grant it me to the full! The truster above all men feels himself to be a sinner; and lo, mercy is prepared for him: he knows himself to have no deservings, but mercy comes in… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.14.25

“And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.~ 2 Kings 25:30 ~ Jehoiachin was not sent away from the king’s palace with a store to last him for months, but his provision was given him as a daily pension. Herein he well pictures the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.13.25

“There is therefore now no condemnation.”~ Romans 8:1 ~ Come, my soul, think thou of this. Believing in Jesus, thou art actually and effectually cleared from guilt; thou art led out of thy prison. Thou art no more in fetters as a bond-slave; thou art delivered now from the bondage of the law; thou art freed from sin, and canst… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.13.25

Blessed in the Field “Blessed shalt thou be in the field.” ~ Deuteronomy 28:3 ~ So was Isaac blessed when he walked therein at eventide to meditate. How often has the Lord met us when we have been alone! The hedges and the trees can bear witness to our joy. We look for such blessedness again. So was Boaz blessed… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.13.25

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God.”~ 1 John 3:1,2 ~ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us. Consider who we were, and what… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.12.25

“He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever.”~ John 14:16 ~ Great Father revealed Himself to believers of old before the coming of His Son, and was known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the God Almighty. Then Jesus came, and the ever-blessed Son in His own proper person, was the delight of His… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.12.25

God Delights to Give “And the Lord said unto Abraham, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward, for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.”~ Genesis 13:14-15 ~ A… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.12.25

“For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.”~ 2 Corinthians 1:5 ~ There is a blessed proportion. The Ruler of Providence bears a pair of scales in this side He puts His people’s trials, and in that He puts their consolations. When the scale of trial is nearly empty, you will always… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.11.25

“Thou hast left thy first love.”~ Revelation 2:4 ~ Ever to be remembered is that best and brightest of hours, when first we saw the Lord, lost our burden, received the roll of promise, rejoiced in full salvation, and went on our way in peace. It was spring time in the soul; the winter was past; the mutterings of Sinai’s… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.11.25

Are the Children In? “I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.”~ Isaiah 44:3 ~ Our dear children have not the Spirit of God by nature, as we plainly see. We see much in them which makes us fear as to their future, and this drives us to agonizing prayer. When a son becomes… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.11.25

“And they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”~ Acts 4:13 ~ A christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and actions of His people. If we were what we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.10.25

“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.”~ Isaiah 44:22 ~ Attentively observe THE INSTRUCTIVE SIMILITUDE: our sins are like a cloud. As clouds are of many shapes and shades, so are our transgressions. As clouds obscure the light of the sun, and darken… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.10.25

A Constant Witness “For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.” ~ Acts 22:15 ~ Paul was chosen to see and hear the Lord speaking to him out of heaven. This divine election was a high privilege for himself; but it was not intended to end with him; it was meant to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.10.25

“I know how to abound.”~ Philippians 4:12 ~ There are many who know “how to be abased” who have not learned “how to abound.” When they are set upon the top of a pinnacle their heads grow dizzy, and they are ready to fall. The Christian far oftener disgraces his profession in prosperity than in adversity. It is a dangerous… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.09.25

“Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil [or, the evil one].”~ Luke 11:4 ~ What we are taught to seek or shun in prayer, we should equally pursue or avoid in action. Very earnestly, therefore, should we avoid temptation, seeking to walk so guardedly in the path of obedience, that we may never tempt the devil to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.09.25

The Dross Purged “And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.”~ Zechariah 13:9 ~ Grace… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.09.25

“And David enquired of the Lord.”~ 2 Samuel 5:23 ~ When David made this enquiry he had just fought the Philistines, and gained a signal victory. The Philistines came up in great hosts, but, by the help of God, David had easily put them to flight. Note, however, that when they came a second time, David did not go up… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.08.25

“He shall save His people from their sins.”~ Matthew 1:21 ~ Many persons, if they are asked what they understand by salvation, will reply, “Being saved from hell and taken to heaven.” This is one result of salvation, but it is not one tithe of what is contained in that boon. It is true our Lord Jesus Christ does redeem… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.08.25

Joyful Security “I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”~ Isaiah 41:10 ~ Fear of falling is wholesome. To be venturesome is no sign of wisdom. Times come to us when we feel that we must go down unless we have a very special support. Here we have it. God’s right hand is a grand thing to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.08.25

“Thou shalt call his name Jesus.”Matthew 1:21 ~ When a person is dear, everything connected with him becomes dear for his sake. Thus, so precious is the person of the Lord Jesus in the estimation of all true believers, that everything about Him they consider to be inestimable beyond all price. “All Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.07.25

“And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.”~ Revelation 11:12 ~ Without considering these words in their prophetical connection, let us regard them D as the invitation of our great Forerunner to His sanctified people. In due time there shall be heard “a great voice from heaven” to every believer, saying, “Come up hither.”… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.07.25

Return from Backsliding “If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up.”~ Job 22:23 ~ Eliphaz, in this utterance, spoke a great truth, which is the summary of many an inspired Scripture. Reader, has sin pulled you down? Have you become like a ruin? Has the hand of the Lord gone out against you so that in estate… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.07.25

“Arise, and depart.”~ Micah 2:10 ~ The hour is approaching when the message will come to us, as it comes to all Arise, and go forth from the home in which thou hast dwelt, from the city in which thou hast done thy business, from thy family, from thy friends. Arise, and take thy last journey.” And what know we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.06.25

“Pray one for another.”~ James 5:16 ~ As an encouragement cheerfully to offer intercessory prayer, remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character. In all the incense which our Great High Priest now puts into the golden censer, there is not a single grain for Himself. His intercession must… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.06.25

Blessing in the City “If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, blessed shalt thou be in the city.”~ Deuteronomy 28:2-3 ~ The city is full of care, and he who has to go there from day to day finds it to be a place of great wear and tear. It is full of noise, and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.06.25

“Praying always.”~ Ephesians 6:18 ~ What multitudes of prayers we have put up from the first moment when we learned to pray. Our first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked that God would have mercy upon us, and blot out our sin. He heard us. But when He had blotted out our sins like a cloud, then we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.05.25

“At that time Jesus answered.”~ Matthew 11:25 ~ This is a singular way in which to commence a verse At that time Jesus answered.” If you will look at the context you will not perceive that any person had asked Him a question, or that He was in conversation with any human being. Yet it is written, “Jesus answered and… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.05.25

Justice Satisfied “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.”~ Exodus 12:13 ~ My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the Lord’s sight of it which secures my safety. Even when I am unable to behold it, the Lord looks at it and passes over me because of it. If I… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.05.25

“The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”~ 1 John 4:14 ~ It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth without His Father’s permission, authority, consent, and assistance. He was sent of the Father, that He might be the Saviour of men. We are too apt to forget that, while there are… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 02.04.25

“Your refuge from the avenger of blood.”~ Joshua 20:3 ~ It is said that in the land of Canaan, cities of refuge were so arranged, that any man might reach one of them within half a day at the utmost. Even so the word of our salvation is near to us; Jesus is a present Saviour, and the way to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 02.04.25

He Will Return “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”~ John 14:18 ~ He left us, and yet we are not left orphans. He is our comfort, and He is gone; but we are not comfortless. Our comfort is that He will come to us, and this is consolation enough to sustain us through His prolonged… (more…)

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