Category Archives: ~ To God Be the Glory ~

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.23.23

“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 as the zodiac belts the sky. The dews of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.23.23

Precious Things “And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath.”~ Deuteronomy 33:13 ~ We may be rich in such things as Joseph obtained, and we may have them in a higher sense. Oh, for “the precious things of heaven”! Power… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.23.23

“Friend, go up higher.”~ Luke 14:10 ~ When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, but it is with great fear and trembling. The soul conscious of guilt, and humbled thereby, is overawed with the solemnity of its position; it is cast to the earth by a sense of the grandeur… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.22.23

“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. Now, we are told concerning our Lord, “to as… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.22.23

Immediately Present “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”~ Psalm 46:1 ~ A help that is not present when we need it is of small value. The anchor which is left at home is of no use to the seaman in the hour of storm; the money which he used to have is of no… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.22.23

“I will strengthen thee.”~ Isaiah 41:10 ~ God has a strong reserve with which to discharge this engagement; for He is able to do all things. Believer, till thou canst drain dry the ocean of omnipotence, till thou canst break into pieces the towering mountains of almighty strength, thou never needest to fear. Think not that the strength of man… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.21.23

“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 producing an unrivalled broidered work, in which every… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.21.23

From Anger to Love “He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”  ~ Micah 7:19 ~ God never turns from His love, but He soon turns from His wrath. His love to His chosen is according to His nature; His… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.21.23

“Yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant.”~ 2 Samuel 23:5 ~ This covenant is divine in its origin. “HE hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” Oh that great word HE! Stop, my soul. God, the everlasting Father, has positively made a covenant with thee; yes, that God who spake the world into existence by a word; He,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.20.23

“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 you go to bed at night you feel… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.20.23

Men as Men; God as God “I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.20.23

“Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” ~ Jeremiah 31:3 ~ Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells His Church His love thoughts. “He does not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very presence He says, ‘Thou art all fair, my love.’ It is true, this is not His ordinary method; He is a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.19.23

“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 waves and shelly shores. Is not the text to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.19.23

Afflictions, But No Broken Bones “He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.”~ Psalm 34:20 ~ This promise by the context is referred to the much afflicted righteous man: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” He may suffer skin wounds and flesh wounds, but no great harm… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.19.23

“The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.”~ Proverbs 16:33 ~ If the disposal of the lot is the Lord’s whose is the arrangement of our whole life? If the simple casting of a lot is guided by Him, how much more the events of our entire life especially when we are… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.18.23

“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.”~ Proverbs 27:23 ~ Every wise merchant will occasionally hold a stock-taking, when he will cast up his accounts, examine what he has on hand, and ascertain decisively whether his trade is prosperous or declining. Every man who is wise in the kingdom of heaven,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.18.23

Defended and Covered “As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem.”~ Isaiah 31:5 ~ With hurrying wing the mother bird hastens up to the protection of her young. She wastes no time upon the road when coming to supply them with food or guard them from danger. Thus as on eagle’s wings will the Lord come for… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.18.23

“Rend your heart, and not your garments.” ~ Joel 2:13 ~ Garment-rending and other outward signs of religious emotion, are easily manifested and are frequently hypocritical; but to feel true repentance is far more difficult, and consequently far less common. Men will attend to the most multiplied and minute ceremonial regulations for such things are pleasing to the flesh but… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.17.23

“I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”~ John 10:9 ~ Jesus, the great I AM, is the entrance into the true church, and the way of access to God Himself. He gives to the man who comes to God by Him four choice… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.17.23

Nearest and Dearest Fellowship “So shall we ever be with the Lord.”~ 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ~ While we are here the Lord is with us, and when we are called away we are with Him. There is no dividing the saint from His Savior. They are one, and they always must be one: Jesus cannot be without His own people,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.17.23

“I remember thee.”~ Jeremiah 2:2 ~ Let us note that Christ delights to think upon His Church, and to look upon her beauty. As the bird returneth often to its nest, and as the wayfarer hastens to his home, so doth the mind continually pursue the object of its choice. We cannot look too often upon that face which we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.16.23

“Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened.” It is painful to remember that, in a certain degree, this accusation may be laid at the door of believers, who too often are in a measure spiritually insensible. We may well bewail ourselves that we do not hear the voice of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.16.23

Divine Expulsion “Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.”~ Joshua 17:18 ~ It is a great encouragement to valor to be assured of victory, for then a man goes forth to war in confidence and ventures where else he had been afraid to go. Our warfare is with evil within us… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.16.23

“Come unto me.”~ Matthew 11:28 ~ The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, “Come.” The Jewish law harshly said, “Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which thou shalt walk. Break the commandments, and thou shalt perish; keep them, and thou shalt live.” The law was a dispensation of terror, which drove men… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.15.23

“And lay thy foundations with sapphires.”~ Isaiah 54:11 ~ Not only that which is seen of the church of God, but that which is unseen, is fair and precious. Foundations are out of sight, and so long as they are firm it is not expected that they should be valuable; but in Jehovah’s work everything is of a piece, nothing… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.15.23

World Concord “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”~ Isaiah 2:4 ~ Oh, that these happy times were come! At present the nations are heavily armed and are inventing weapons more and more terrible, as if the chief end… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.15.23

“Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her.”~ Ruth 1:14 ~ Both of them had an affection for Naomi, and therefore set out with her upon her return to the land of Judah. But the hour of test came; Naomi most unselfishly set before each of them the trials which awaited them, and bade them if they cared for… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.14.23

“I am crucified with Christ.”~ Galatians 2:20 ~ The Lord Jesus Christ acted in what He did as a great public representative person, and His dying upon the cross was the virtual dying of all His people. Then all His saints rendered unto justice what was due, and made an expiation to divine vengeance for all their sins. The apostle… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.14.23

Nothing Old “And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things” new ~ Revelation 21:5 ~ Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was rolled up and laid aside, and that creation put on her Sunday suit.… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.14.23

“They go from strength to strength.”~ Psalm 84:7 ~ They go from strength to strength. There are various renderings of these words, but all of them contain the idea of progress. Our own good translation of the authorized version is enough for us this morning. “They go from strength to strength.” That is, they grow stronger and stronger. Usually, if… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.13.23

  “I will make thy windows of agates.”~ Isaiah 54:12 ~ The church is most instructively symbolized by a building erected by heavenly power, and designed by divine skill. Such a spiritual house must not be dark, for the Israelites had light in their dwellings; there must therefore be windows to let the light in and to allow the inhabitants… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.13.23

Evening Brightens into Day “It shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.”~ Zechariah 14:7 ~ It is a surprise that it should be so; for all things threaten that at evening time it shall be dark. God is wont to work in a way so much above our fears and beyond our hopes that we… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.13.23

“Salt without prescribing how much.”~ Ezra 7:22 ~ Salt was used in every offering made by fire unto the Lord, and from its preserving and purifying properties it was the grateful emblem of divine grace in the soul. It is worthy of our attentive regard that, when Artaxerxes gave salt to Ezra the priest, he set no limit to the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.12.23

“They have dealt treacherously against the Lord.”~ Hosea 5:7 ~ Believer, here is a sorrowful truth! Thou art the beloved of the Lord, redeemed by blood, called by grace, preserved in Christ Jesus, accepted in the Beloved, on thy way to heaven, and yet, “thou hast dealt treacherously” with God, thy best friend; treacherously with Jesus, whose thou art; treacherously… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.12.23

A Quiet Heart “In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.”~ Isaiah 30:15 ~ It is always weakness to be fretting and worrying, questioning and mis-trusting. What can we do if we wear ourselves to skin and bone? Can we gain anything by fearing and fuming? Do we not unfit ourselves for action and unhinge our minds for wise… (more…)

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