Tag Archives: Devtional

Tuesday, August 03, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Right to Holy Things “But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.” ~ Leviticus 22:11~ Strangers, sojourners, and servants upon hire were not to eat of… (more…)

Monday, August 02, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Speak What He Teaches “Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.” ~ Exodus 4:12 ~ Many a true servant of the Lord is slow of speech, and when called upon to plead for his Lord, he is in… (more…)

Sunday, August 01, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Covenant Reaches Children “And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.” ~ Genesis 17:7 ~ O Lord, Thou hast made a covenant… (more…)

Saturday, July 31, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon An Appeal; Deliverance “And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” ~ Psalm 50:15 ~ This is a promise indeed! Here is an urgent occasion—”the day of trouble.” It is dark at noon on such a day, and… (more…)

Friday, July 30, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Promise of Future Meeting “I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice.” ~ John 16:22 ~ Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return! But this promise… (more…)

Thursday, July 29, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Routs Our Enemy “He hath cast out thine enemy.” ~ Zephaniah 3:15 ` What a casting out was that! Satan has lost his throne in our nature even as he lost his seat in heaven. Our Lord Jesus has destroyed the enemy’s reigning power over us. He… (more…)

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Bow Down; Be Lifted Up “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” ~ 1 Peter 5:6 ~ This is tantamount to a promise: if we will bow down, the Lord will lift us up. Humility leads to honor;… (more…)

Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon More than Mere Words “I will give you the sure mercies of David” ~ Acts 13:34 ~ Nothing of man is sure; but everything of God is so. Especially are covenant mercies sure mercies, even as David said “an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure.” We… (more…)

Monday, July 26, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Change of Name “And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali; for I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by… (more…)

Sunday, July 25, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Nothing to Alarm Us “But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.” ~ Daniel 12:13 ~ We cannot understand all the prophecies, but yet we regard them with pleasure and not with… (more…)

Saturday, July 24, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Perfect Purity “He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment.” ~ Revelation 3:5 ~ Warrior of the cross, fight on! Never rest till thy victory is complete, for thine eternal reward will prove worthy of a life of warfare. See, here is perfect purity for… (more…)

Friday, July 23, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Absolutely No Remembrance “And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.”  ~ Hebrews 10:17 ~ According to this gracious covenant the Lord treats His people as if they had never sinned. Practically, He forgets all their trespasses. Sins of all kinds He treats as if they… (more…)

Thursday, July 22, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon An Eternal Pledge “And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the Lord.” ~ Hosea… (more…)

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Shine as Many Stars “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” ~ Daniel 12:3 ~ Here is something to wake me up. This is worth living for. To… (more…)

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Looking for Him “Unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” ~ Hebrews 9:28 ~ This is our hope. He to whom we have already looked as coming once to bear the sins of many will have another manifestation to… (more…)

Monday, July 19, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Heavy-Duty Shoes “Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.” ~ Deuteronomy 33:25 ~ Here are two things provided for the pilgrim: shoes and strength. As for the shoes: they are very needful for traveling along rough ways and for… (more…)

Sunday, July 18, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Wilderness Communion “I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.” ~ Hosea 2:14 ~ The goodness of God sees us allured by sin, and it resolves to try upon us the more powerful allurements of love. Do we not remember when… (more…)

Saturday, July 17, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Valiant for Truth “The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.” ~ Daniel 11:32 ~ “The Lord is a man of war, Jehovah is his name.” Those who enlist under His banner shall have a Commander who will train them for the conflict… (more…)

Friday, July 16, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Word to Him Who Halts “I will save her that halteth.” ~ Zephaniah 3:19 ~ There are plenty of these lame ones, both male and female. You may meet “her that halteth” twenty times in an hour. They are in the right road and exceedingly anxious to run… (more…)

Thursday, July 15, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Mourner Comforted “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” ~ Matthew 5:4 ~ By the valley of weeping we come to Zion. One would have thought mourning and being blessed were in opposition, but the infinitely wise Savior puts them together in this Beatitude.… (more…)

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Burdens Cast on Him “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” ~ Psalm 55:22 ~ It is a heavy burden; roll it on Omnipotence. It is thy burden now, and it crushes thee; but when… (more…)

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Implicit Trust “For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.” ~ Jeremiah 39:18 ~ Behold the protecting power of trust in… (more…)

Monday, July 12, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Whom, When, How to Deliver “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.” ~ 2 Peter 2:9 ~ The godly are tempted and tried. That is not true faith which is never… (more…)

Sunday, July 11, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Never Separated from God “And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?” ~ John 11:26 ~ Yes, Lord, we believe it; we shall never die. Our soul may be separated from our body, and this is death of a kind; but our soul… (more…)

Saturday, July 10, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Love the Church “Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.” ~ Psalm 102:13-14 ~ Yes, our prayers for the church will be… (more…)

Friday, July 09, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Faithful and Useful “Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.” ~ Psalm 101:6 ~ If David spoke thus, we may be sure that the Son of David will… (more…)

Thursday, July 08, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon An Angel Encampment “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” ~ Psalm 34:7 ~ We cannot see the angels, but it is enough that they can see us. There is one great Angel of the Covenant, whom not having seen… (more…)

Wednesday, July 07, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Mountain Choir “Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.” ~ Isaiah 49:13 ~ So sweet are the comforts of the Lord, that not only the… (more…)

Tuesday, July 06, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon His Love; His Gift; His Son For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ~ John 3:16 ~ Of all the stars in the sky, the polestar is the most useful… (more…)

Monday, July 05, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Complete Deliverance “But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.” ~ Jeremiah 39:17 ~ When the Lord’s faithful ones are suffering for Him, they shall have sweet messages… (more…)

Sunday, July 04, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Word, Necessary Food “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” ~ Matthew 4:4 ~ If God so willed it we could live without bread, even as Jesus did for forty days; but we could not… (more…)

Saturday, July 03, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Guide All the Way “He will be my guide even unto death.” ~ Psalm 48:14 ~ We need a guide. Sometimes we would give all that we have to be told exactly what to do and where to turn. We are willing to do right, but we… (more…)

Friday, July 02, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Refreshing Sleep So he giveth his beloved sleep. ~ Psalm 127:2 ~ Ours is not a life of anxious care but of happy faith. Our heavenly Father will supply the wants of His own children, and He knoweth what we have need of before we ask Him. We… (more…)

Thursday, July 01, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God With Us “God shall be with ye” ~ Genesis 48:21 ~ Good old Jacob could no more be with Joseph, for his hour had come to die: but he left his son without anxiety, for he said with confidence, “God shall be with you.” When our dearest… (more…)

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Back, Then Forward “Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.” ~ Ezekiel 16:60 ~ Notwithstanding our sins, the Lord is still faithful in His love to us. He looks back. See how… (more…)