Tag Archives: Devotional

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 11.01.24

  The church in thy house~ Philemon 2 ~ Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members of it? or are some still unconverted? Let us pause here and let the question go round Am I a member of the Church in this house? How would father’s heart leap for joy, and mother’s eyes… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.31.24

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it~ Song of Solomon 8:13 ~ My sweet Lord Jesus remembers well the garden of Gethsemane, and although he has left that garden, he now dwells in the garden of his church: there he unbosoms himself to those who keep his blessed company. That… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~10.31.24

I will praise thee, O Lord. ~ Psalm 9.1 ~ Praise should always follow answered prayer; as the mist of earths gratitude rises when the sun of heaven’s love warms the ground. Hath the Lord been gracious to thee, and inclined his ear to the voice of thy supplication? Then praise him as long as thou livest. Let the ripe… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.30.24

“But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.~ Luke 24:16 ~ The disciples ought to have known Jesus, they had heard his voice so often, and gazed upon that marred face so frequently, that it is wonderful they did not discover him. Yet is it not so with you also? You have not seen Jesus lately. You… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.30.24

“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, “~ Matthew 6:9 ~ This prayer begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit of adoption,Our Father There is no acceptable prayer until we can say,  will arise, and go unto my Father. This child-like spirit soon perceives the grandeur of the Father in heaven, and… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.29.24

“But their eyes were holden that they should not know Him.”~ Luke 24:16 ~ The disciples ought to have known Jesus, they had heard His voice so often, and gazed upon that marred face so frequently, that it is wonderful they did not discover Him. Yet is it not so with you also? You have not seen Jesus lately. You… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.29.24

“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, etc.”~ Matthew 6:9 ~ This prayer begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit of adoption, “Our Father.” There is no acceptable prayer until we can say, “I will arise, and go unto my Father.” This child-like spirit soon perceives the grandeur of the Father “in… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.28.24

“His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.”~ Song of Solomon 5:11 ~ Comparisons all fail to set forth the Lord Jesus, but the spouse uses the best within her reach. By the head of Jesus we may understand His deity, “for the head of Christ is God” and then the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.28.24

“I have chosen you out of the world.” ~ John 15:19 ~ Here is distinguishing grace and discriminating regard; for some are made the special objects of divine affection. Do not be afraid to dwell upon this high doctrine of election. When your mind is most heavy and depressed, you will find it to be a bottle of richest cordial.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.27.24

“We are all as an unclean thing.”~ Isaiah 64:6 ~ The believer is a new creature, he belongs to a holy generation and a peculiar people the Spirit of God is in him, and in all respects he is far removed from the natural man; but for all that the Christian is a sinner still. He is so from the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.27.24

“It is a faithful saying.”~ 2 Timothy 2:11 ~ Paul has four of these “faithful sayings.” The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” The next is in 1 Timothy 4:6, “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.26.24

“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.”~ Ecclesiastes 1:7 ~ Everything sublunary is on the move, time knows nothing of rest. The solid earth is a rolling ball, and the great sun himself a star obediently fulfilling its course around some greater… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.26.24

  “Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.”~ Haggai 1:9 ~ Churlish souls stint their contributions to the ministry and missionary operations, and call… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.25.24

“She gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.”~ Ruth 2:3 ~ Her hap was. Yes, it seemed nothing but an accident, but how divinely was it overruled! Ruth had gone forth with her mother’s blessing, under the care… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.25.24

“For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.”~ 2 John 2 ~ Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man unto itself, no power human or infernal can dislodge it. We entertain it not as a guest but as the master of the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.24.24

“He began to wash the disciples’ feet.”~ John 13:5 ~ The Lord Jesus loves His people so much, that every day He is still doing for them much that is analogous to washing their soiled feet. Their poorest actions He accepts; their deepest sorrow He feels; their slenderest wish He hears, and their every transgression He forgives. He is still… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.24.24

“The trees of the Lord are full of sap.”~ Psalm 104:16 ~ Without sap the tree cannot flourish or even exist. Vitality is essential to a Christian. There must be life”a vital principle infused into us by God the Holy Ghost, or we cannot be trees of the Lord. The mere name of being a Christian is but a dead… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.23.24

“Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.”~ Luke 22:46 ~ When is the Christian most liable to sleep? Is it not when his temporal circumstances are prosperous? Have you not found it so? When you had daily troubles to take to the throne of grace, were you not more wakeful than you are now? Easy roads… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.23.24

“Will ye also go away?”~ John 6:67 ~ Many have forsaken Christ, and have walked no more with Him; but what reason have YOU to make a change? Has there been any reason for it in the past? Has not Jesus proved Himself all-sufficient? He appeals to you this morning Have I been a wilderness unto you?” When your soul… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.22.24

“I will love them freely.”~ Hosea 14:4 ~ This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fulness is a true master in Israel. It is a condensation of the glorious message of salvation which was delivered to us in Christ Jesus our Redeemer. The… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.21.24

“Why are ye troubled?and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?”~ Luke 24:38 ~ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?” The Lord cares for all things, and the meanest creatures share in His universal providence, but His particular providence is over… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.21.24

“The love of Christ constraineth us.”~ 2 Corinthians 5:14 ~ How much owest thou unto my Lord? Has He ever done anything for thee? Has He forgiven thy sins? Has He covered thee with a robe of righteousness? Has He set thy feet upon a rock? Has He established thy goings? Has He prepared heaven for thee? Has He prepared… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.20.24

“Keep not back.”~Isaiah 43:6 ~ Although this message was sent to the south, and referred to the seed of Israel, it may profitably be a summons to ourselves. Backward we are naturally to all good things, and it is a lesson of grace to learn to go forward in the ways of God. Reader, are you unconverted, but do you… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.20.24

“Grow up into Him in all things.”~ Ephesians 4:15 ~ Many Christians remain stunted and dwarfed in spiritual things, so as to present the same appearance year after year. No up-springing of advanced and refined feeling is manifest in them. They exist but do not “grow up into Him in all things.” But should we rest content with being in… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.19.24

“God, my Maker, who giveth songs in the night.”~ Job 35:10 ~ Any man can sing in the day. When the cup is full, man draws inspiration from it. When wealth rolls in abundance around him, any man can praise the God who gives a plenteous harvest or sends home a loaded argosy. It is easy enough for an Aeolian… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.19.24

“Babes in Christ.”~ 1 Corinthians 3:1 ~ Are you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for gratitude. Remember that in some things you are equal to the greatest and most full-grown Christian. You are as much bought with blood… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.18.24

“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice.”~ 1 Samuel 15:22 ~ Saul  had been commanded to slay utterly all the Amalekites and their cattle. Instead of doing so, he preserved the king, and suffered his people to take the best of the oxen and of the sheep. When called to account for this, he declared that he did it with… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.18.24

“Thy paths drop fatness.”~ Psalm 65:11 ~ Many are “the paths of the Lord” which “drop fatness,” but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, “My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me.” Starving souls live at a distance from the mercy-seat, and become like the parched… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.17.24

“He shall gather the lambs with His arm.”~ Isaiah 40:11 ~ Our good Shepherd has in His flock a variety of experiences, some are strong in the Lord, and others are weak in faith, but He is impartial in His care for all His sheep, and the weakest lamb is as dear to Him as the most advanced of the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.17.24

“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul.”~ 1 Samuel 27:1 ~ The thought of David’s heart at this time was a false thought, because he certainly had no ground for thinking that God’s anointing him by Samuel was intended to be left as an empty unmeaning act. On no one… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.16.24

“With Thee is the fountain of life.”~ Psalm 36:9 ~ There are times in our spiritual experience when human counsel or sympathy, or religious ordinances, fail to comfort or help us. Why does our gracious God permit this? Perhaps it is because we have been living too much without Him, and He therefore takes away everything upon which we have… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.22.24

“He shall take of Mine, and shall show it unto you.”~ John 16:15 ~ There are times when all the promises and a doctrines of the Bible are of no avail, unless a gracious hand shall apply them to us. We are thirsty, but too faint to crawl to the water-brook. When a soldier is wounded in battle it is… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.16.24

“Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine.”~ John 21:12 ~ In these words the believer is invited to a holy nearness to Jesus. “Come and dine,” implies the same table, the same meat; ay, and sometimes it means to sit side by side, and lean our head upon the Saviour’s bosom. It is being brought into the banqueting-house, where waves… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.15.24

“But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck.”~ Exodus 34:20 ~ Every firstborn creature must be the Lord’s, but since the ass was unclean, it could not be presented in sacrifice. What then? Should it be allowed to go free from the universal law?… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.15.24

“But who may abide the day of his coming?”~ Malachi 3:2 ~ His first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there were few who could abide its testing might. Herod and all Jerusalem with him were stirred at the news of the wondrous birth. Those who supposed themselves to be waiting for Him,… (more…)

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