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Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.14.16

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There were also with Him other little ships.” ~ Mark 4:36 ~ JESUS was the Lord High Admiral of the sea that night, and His presence preserved the whole convoy. It is well to sail with Jesus, even though it be in a little ship. When we sail in Christ’s… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.13.16

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “This man receiveth sinners.” ~ Luke 15:2 ~ OBSERVE the condescension of this fact. This Man, who towers above all other men, holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners—this Man receiveth sinners. This Man, who is no other than the eternal God, before whom angels veil their faces—this Man receiveth… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.13.16

Monday, September 13, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well, the rain also filleth the pools.”  ~ Psalm 84:6 ~ THIS teaches us that the comfort obtained by a one may often prove serviceable to another; just as wells would be used by the company who came after. We… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.12.16

Monday, September 12, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will sing of mercy and judgment.” ~ Psalm 101:1 ~ FAITH triumphs in trial. When reason is thrust into the inner prison, with her feet made fast in the stocks, faith makes the dungeon walls ring with her merry notes as she I cries, “I will sing of mercy… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.12.16

Monday, September 12, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “God is jealous.” ~ Nahum 1:2 ~ YOUR Lord is very jealous of your love, O believer. Did He choose you? He cannot bear that you should choose another. Did He buy you with His own blood? He cannot endure that you should think that you are your own, or… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.11.16

Sunday, September 11, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness because of mine enemies.” ~ Psalms 5:8 ~ VERY bitter is the enmity of the world against the people of Christ. Men will forgive a thousand faults in others, but they will magnify the most trivial offence in the followers of Jesus. Instead… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.11.16

Sunday, September 11, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Be ye separate.” ~ 2 Corinthians 6:17 ~ THE Christian, while in the world, is not to be of the world. He should be distinguished from it in the great object of his life. To him, “to live,” should be “Christ.” Whether he eats, or drinks, or whatever he does,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.10.16

Saturday, September 10, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Evening wolves.” ~ Habakkuk 1:8 ~ WHILE preparing the present volume, this particular expression recurred to me so frequently, that in order to be rid of its constant importunity I determined to give a page to it. The evening wolf, infuriated by a day of hunger, was fiercer and more… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.10.16

Saturday, September 10, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.”   ~ Mark 3:13 ~ HERE was sovereignty. Impatient spirits may fret and fume, because they are not called to the highest places in the ministry; but reader be it thine… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.09.16

Friday, September 09, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment.” ~Revelation 4:4~ THESE representatives of the saints in heaven are said to be around the throne. In the passage in Canticles, where Solomon sings of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.09.16

Friday, September 09, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.” ~ Jeremiah 33:3 ~ THERE are different translations of these words. One version renders it, “I will shew thee great and fortified things.” Another, “Great and reserved things.” Now, there are reserved and special things… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.08.16

Thursday, September 08, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead.” ~ Ephesians 1:19, 20 ~ IN the resurrection of Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.08.16

Thursday, September 08, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “From Me is thy fruit found.” ~ Hosea 14:8 ~ OUR fruit is found from our God as to union. The fruit of the branch is directly traceable to the root. Sever the connection, the branch dies, and no fruit is produced. By virtue of our union with Christ we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.07.16

Wednesday, September 07, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.” ~ Jeremiah 49:23 ~ LITTLE know we what sorrow may be upon the sea at this moment. We are safe in our quiet chamber, but far away on the salt sea the hurricane may be cruelly seeking for the lives… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.07.16

Wednesday, September 07, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And when they could not come nigh unto Him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.” ~ Mark 2:4 ~ FAITH is full of inventions. The house was… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.06.16

Tuesday, September 06, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.” ~ Galatians 5:18 ~ HE who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning, but if he be a… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.06.16

Tuesday, September 06, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.” ~ Philippians 2:15 ~ WE use lights to make manifest. A Christian man should so shine in his life, that a person could not live with him a week without knowing the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.05.16

Monday, September 05, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?” ~ Job 38:16 ~ SOME things in nature must remain a mystery to the most intelligent and enterprising investigators. Human knowledge has bounds beyond which it cannot pass. Universal knowledge is for God alone. If this be so in the things… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.05.16

Monday, September 05, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar.” ~ Psalm 120:5 ~ AS a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry “Woe is me.” Jesus did not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.04.16

Sunday, September 04, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have.” ~ Leviticus 19:36 ~ WEIGHTS, and scales, and measures were to be all according to the standard of justice. Surely no Christian man will need to be reminded of this in his business, for if righteousness… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.04.16

Sunday, September 04, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will; be thou clean.“ ~ Mark 1:41 ~ PRIMEVAL darkness heard the Almighty fiat, “light be,” and straightway light was, and the word of the Lord Jesus is equal in majesty to that ancient word of power. Redemption like Creation has its word of might. Jesus speaks and it… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.03.16

Saturday, September 03, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord trieth the righteous.” ~Psalm 11:5 ~ ALL events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God’s ordinance the armies of trial march forth in array, clad… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.03.16

Saturday, September 03, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou whom my soul loveth.”   ~ Song of Solomon 1:7 ~ IT is well to be able, without any “if” or “but,” to say of the Lord Jesus—“Thou whom my soul loveth.” Many can only say of Jesus that they hope they love Him; they trust they love Him;… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.02.16

Friday, September 02, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.” ~ John 4:48 ~ A craving after marvels was a symptom of the sickly state of men’s minds in our Lord’s day; they refused solid nourishment, and pined after mere wonder. The gospel which they so greatly needed they would… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.02.16

Friday, September 02, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell Him of her.” ~ Mark 1:30 ~ VERY interesting is this little peep into the house of the Apostolic Fisherman. We see at once that household joys and cares are no hindrance to the full exercise of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.01.16

Thursday, September 01, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Trust in Him at all times.” ~ Psalm 62:8 ~ FAITH is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly business. It is only as we learn to trust in God… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.01.16

Thursday, September 01, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.” ~ Psalm 73:24 ~ THE Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be constantly led astray by it, he resolved that God’s… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.31.16

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If we walk in the light, as He is in the light.” ~ 1 John 1:7 ~ AS He is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as He is whom we call “Our Father,” of… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.31.16

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “On mine arm shall they trust.” ~ Isaiah 51:5 ~ IN seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.30.16

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.” ~ Jeremiah 17:14 ~ “I have seen His ways, and will heal him.” ~ Isaiah 57:18 ~ IT is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally healed by men, but even then the honour… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.30.16

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Wait on the Lord.” ~ Psalm 27:14 ~ IT may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s warriors than standing still. There are hours of perplexity… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.29.16

Monday, August 29, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.” ~ Numbers 6:4 ~ NAZARITES had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.29.16

Monday, August 29, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Have mercy upon me, O God.” ~ Psalm 51:1 ~ WHEN Dr. Carey was suffering from a dangerous illness, the enquiry was made, “If this sickness should prove fatal, what passage would you select as the text for your funeral sermon?” He replied, “Oh, I feel that such a poor… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.28.16

Sunday, August 28, 2016 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Sing, O barren.” ~ Isaiah 54:1 ~ THOUGH we have brought forth some fruit unto Christ, and have a joyful hope that we are “plants of His own right hand planting,” yet there are times when we feel very barren. Prayer is lifeless, love is cold, faith is weak, each… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.28.16

Sunday, August 28, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Oil for the light.” ~ Exodus 25:6 ~ MY soul, how much thou needest this, for thy lamp will not long continue to burn without it. Thy snuff will smoke and become an offence if light be gone, and gone it will be if oil be absent. Thou hast no… (more…)

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