Tag Archives: Devotional

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.14.24

“And be not conformed to this world.”~ Romans 12:2 ~ If a Christian can by possibility be saved while he conforms to this world, at any rate it must be so as by fire. Such a bare salvation is almost as much to be dreaded as desired. Reader, would you wish to leave this world in the darkness of a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.14.24

“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.”~ Philippians 3:8 ~ Spiritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person’s acquaintance with Him. No, I must know Him myself; I must know Him on my own account. It will be an intelligent knowledge I… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.13.24

“Love is strong as death.”~ Song of Solomon 8:6 ~ Whose love can this be which is as mighty as the conqueror of monarchs, the destroyer of the human race? Would it not sound like satire if it were applied to my poor, weak, and scarcely living love to Jesus my Lord? I do love Him, and perhaps by His… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.13.24

“Godly sorrow worketh repentance.”~ 2 Corinthians 7:10 ~ Genuine, spiritual mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too choice a flower to grow in nature’s garden. Pearls grow naturally in oysters, but penitence never shows itself in sinners except divine grace works it in them. If thou hast one particle of real hatred for… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.12.24

“The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost.”~ John 14:26 ~ This age is peculiarly the dispensation of the Holy Spirit, in which Jesus cheers us, not by His personal presence, as He shall do by-and-by, but by the indwelling and constant abiding of the Holy Ghost, who is evermore the Comforter of the church. It is His office to console… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.12.24

“I will meditate in Thy precepts.”~ Psalm 119:15 ~ There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in His service. We ought to muse upon the things of God,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.11.24

“Whom He did predestinate, them He also called.”~ Romans 8:30 ~ In the second epistle to Timothy, first chapter, and ninth verse, are these words “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.” Now, here is a touchstone by which we may try our calling. It is “an holy calling, not according to our works, but according… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.11.24

“Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.”~ Lamentations 3:41 ~ The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without constraining us to pray for them we should never know how poor we are, but a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.10.24

“And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.”~ Jeremiah 15:21 ~ Note the glorious personality of the promise. I will, I will. The Lord Jehovah Himself interposes to deliver and redeem His people. He pledges Himself personally to rescue them. His own arm shall… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.10.24

“Faultless before the presence of His glory.”~ Jude 24 ~ Revolve in your mind that wondrous word, faultless!” We are far off from it now; but as our Lord never stops short of perfection in His work of love, we shall reach it one day. The Saviour who will keep His people to the end, will also present them at… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.09.24

“But He answered her not a word.”~ Matthew 15:23 ~ Genuine seekers who as yet have not obtained the blessing, may take comfort from the story before us. The Saviour did not at once bestow the blessing, even though the woman had great faith in Him. He intended to give it, but He waited awhile. “He answered her not a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.09.24

“Able to keep you from falling.“~ Jude 24 ~ In some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no road so dangerous. It is beset with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace be absent), and down we go. What a slippery path is that which… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.08.24

“Praying in the Holy Ghost.”~ Jude 20 ~ Mark the grand characteristic of true prayer“In the Holy Ghost.” The seed of acceptable devotion must come from heaven’s storehouse. Only the prayer which comes from God can go to God. We must shoot the Lord’s arrows back to Him. That desire which He writes upon our heart will move His heart… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.08.24

“Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.”~ Luke 5:4 ~ We learn from this narrative, the necessity of human agency. The draught of fishes was miraculous, yet neither the fisherman nor his boat, nor his fishing tackle were ignored; but all were used to take the fishes. So in the saving of souls, God… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.07.24

“Now on whom dost thou trust?”~ Isaiah 36:5 ~ Reader, this is an important question. Listen to the Christian’s answer, and see if it is yours. “On whom dost thou trust?” “I trust,” says the Christian, “in a triune God. I trust the Father, believing that He has chosen me from before the foundations of the world; I trust Him… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.07.24

“Wherefore hast Thou afflicted Thy servant?”~ Numbers 11:11 ~ Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: the paste gem dreads to be touched by the diamond, but the true jewel fears no test. It is a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.06.24

“He had married an Ethiopian woman.”~ Numbers 12:1 ~ Strange choice of Moses, but how much more strange the choice of Him who is a prophet like unto Moses, and greater than he! Our Lord, who is fair as the lily, has entered into marriage union with one who confesses herself to be black, because the sun has looked upon… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.06.24

“Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.”~ John 4:14 ~ He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose days are weary for want of comfort, and whose nights are long from absence of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.05.24

“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.”~ Mark 16:16 ~ Mr. MacDonald asked the inhabitants of the island of St. Kilda how a man must be saved. An old man replied, “We shall be saved if we repent, and forsake our sins, and turn to God.” “Yes,” said a middle-aged female, “and with a true heart too.” “Ay,”… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.05.24

“He arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights.”~ 1 Kings 19:8 ~ All the strength supplied to us by our gracious God is meant for service, not for wantonness or boasting. When the prophet Elijah found the cake baked on the coals, and the cruse of water placed… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.04.24

“If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”~ 1 John 2:1 ~ If any man sin, we have an advocate.” Yes, though we sin, we have Him still. John does not say, “If any man sin he has forfeited his advocate,” but “we have an advocate,” sinners though we are. All the sin… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.04.24

“At evening time it shall be light.”~ Zechariah 14:7 ~ Often times we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at eventide it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A balmier air fans the mariner’s cheek as he nears the shore of immortality, fewer waves ruffle… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.03.24

“He Himself hath suffered being tempted.”~ Hebrews 2:18 ~ It is a common-place thought, and yet it tastes like nectar to the weary heart Jesus I was tempted as I am. You have heard that truth many times: have you grasped it? He was tempted to the very same sins into which we fall. Do not dissociate Jesus from our… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.03.24

“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” ~Hebrews 1:14 ~ Angels are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. Loyalty to their Lord leads them to take a deep interest in the children… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.02.24

“A man greatly beloved.”~ Daniel 10:11 ~ Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! has your unbelief made you forget that you are greatly beloved too? Must you not have been greatly beloved, to have been bought with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot? When God smote His… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.02.24

“The hope which is laid up for you in heaven.”~ Colossians 1:5 ~ Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there. Here we are weary and toilworn, but yonder is the land… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.01.24

“He will give grace and glory.”~ Psalm 84:11 ~ Bounteous is Jehovah in His nature; to give is His delight. His gifts are beyond measure precious, and are as freely given as the light of the sun. He gives grace to His elect because He wills it, to His redeemed because of His covenant, to the called because of His… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 10.01.24

“Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.”~ Song of Solomon 7:13 ~ The spouse desires to give to Jesus all that she produces. Our heart has “all manner of pleasant fruits,” both “old and new,” and they are laid up for our Beloved. At this rich autumnal season of fruit, let us… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.30.24

“A living dog is better than a dead lion.’~ Ecclesiastes 9:4 ~ Life is a precious thing, and in its humblest form it is superior to death. This truth is eminently certain in spiritual things. It is better to be the least in the kingdom of heaven than the greatest out of it. The lowest degree of grace is superior… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.30.24

“Sing forth the honour of His name, make His praise glorious.”~ Psalm 66:2 ~ It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not. Praise is God’s most righteous due, and every Christian, as the recipient of His grace, is bound to praise God from day to day. It is true we have no authoritative… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.29.24

“I found Him whom my soul loveth: I held Him, and would not let Him go.”~ Song of Solomon 3:4 ~ Does Christ receive us when we come to Him, notwithstanding all our past sinfulness? Does He never chide us for having tried all other refuges first? And is there none on earth like Him? Is He the best of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.29.24

“Behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague.”~ Leviticus 13:13 ~ Strange enough this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing out of the disease proved that the constitution was sound. This morning it may be well for us to see the typical teaching of so… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.28.24

“Go again seven times.”~ 1 Kings 18:43 ~ Success is certain when the Lord has promised it. Although you may have pleaded month after month without evidence of answer, it is not possible that the Lord should be deaf when His people are earnest in a matter which concerns His glory. The prophet on the top of Carmel continued to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.28.24

“The Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men.”~ Psalm 33:13 ~ Perhaps no figure of speech represents God in a more gracious light than when He is spoken of as stooping from His throne, and coming down from heaven to attend to the wants and to behold the woes of mankind. We love Him, who, when… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.26.24

“Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen.“~ Zechariah 11:2 ~ When in the forest there is heard the crash of a falling oak, it is a sign that the woodman is abroad, and every tree in the whole company may tremble lest to-morrow the sharp edge of the axe should find it out. We are all like trees marked… (more…)

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