Tag Archives: Devtional

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.21.18

Saturday, April 21, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Repays “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.” ~ Proverbs 19:17 ~ We are to give to the poor out of pity. Not to be seen and applauded, much less to get… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.20.18

Friday, April 20, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon By Faith Not Feeling “The just shall live by faith.” ~ Romans 1:17 ~ I shall not die, I can, I do, believe in the Lord my God, and this faith will keep me alive. I would be numbered among those who in their lives are just; but… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.19.18

Thursday, April 19, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon An Expert Searcher “For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.” ~ Ezekiel 34:11 ~ This He does at the first when His elect are like wandering sheep that know not the Shepherd or the fold. How… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.18.18

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Never Fails “I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” ~ Joshua 1:5 ~ This word to Joshua is often quoted; it is the basis of that New Testament word “He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Beloved,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.17.18

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Enemies at Peace “When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.” ~ Proverbs 16:7 ~ I must see that my ways please the Lord. Even then I shall have enemies; and, perhaps, all the more certainly because I… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.16.18

Monday, April 16, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon All Turned to Holiness “In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord,” ~ Zechariah 14:20 ~ Happy day when all things shall be consecrated, and the horses’ bells shall ring out holiness to the Lord! That day has come to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.15.18

Sunday, April 15, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Desires of Righteous Granted “The desires of the righteous shall be granted.” ~ Proverbs 10:24 ~ Because it is a righteous desire it is safe for God to grant it. It would be neither good for the man himself, nor for society at large, that such a promise… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.14.18

Saturday, April 14, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon My Choice Is His Choice “He shall choose our inheritance for us.” ~ Psalm 47:4 ~ Our enemies would allot us a very dreary portion, but we are not left in their hands. The Lord will cause us to stand in our lot, and our place is appointed… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.13.18

Friday, April 13, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon This Body Fashioned Anew “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.” ~ Philippians 3:21 ~ Often when we are racked with pain and unable to think or worship, we feel that this indeed is “the body of our humiliation,”… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.12.18

Thursday, April 12, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Remembers No More “For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” ~ Jeremiah 31:34 ~ When we know the Lord, we receive the forgiveness of sins. We know Him as the God of grace, passing by our transgressions. What a joyful… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.11.18

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Close Fellowship “And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord.” ~ Jeremiah 31:34 ~ Truly, whatever else we… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.10.18

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Look and Live “And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shalt come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.” ~ Numbers 21:8 ~ This is a glorious gospel type.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.09.18

Monday, April 09, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Bible’s Supreme Place Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. ~ Psalm 119:16 ~  Yes, a true love for the great Book will bring us great peace from the great God and be a great protection to us. Let us live… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.08.18

Sunday, April 08, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Preserved to Work’s End ‘The Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.’ ~ Acts 23:11 ~ Are you a witness for the Lord, and are you just… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.07.18

Saturday, April 07, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Without Fear of Man “And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.” ~ Deuteronomy 28:10 ~ Then we can have no reason to be afraid of them. This would show a… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.06.18

Friday, April 06, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Not Forgotten “Thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.” ~ Isaiah 44:21 ~ Our Jehovah cannot so forget His servants as to cease to love them. He chose them not for a time but forever. He knew what they would be when… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.05.18

Thursday, April 05, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Not Forgotten Thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. ~ Isaiah 44:21 ~ Our Jehovah cannot so forget His servants as to cease to love them. He chose them not for a time but forever. He knew what they would be when… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.04.18

Wednesday, April 04, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Sensitive to Warning “Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me;… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.03.18

Tuesday, April 03, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Sensitive to Warning “Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me;… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.02.18

Monday, April 02, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon True Heart-Energy Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all. ~ 1 Timothy 4:15 ~ This is, practically, a promise that, by diligent meditation and the giving up of our whole mind to our work for the Lord we shall… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.01.18

Sunday, April 01, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The King’s Highway “The wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.” ~ Isaiah 35:8 ~ The way of holiness is so straight and plain that the simplest minds cannot go astray if they constantly follow it. The worldly wise have many twists and turns, and yet they… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.31.18

Saturday, March 31, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Presence of Mind “Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.” ~ Proverbs 3:25-26 ~ When God is abroad in judgments, He would not have… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.30.18

Friday, March 30, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Thanksgiving ~ Praise “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” ~ Philippians 4:6-7 ~ No care… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.29.18

Thursday, March 29, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Dauntless Faith “I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee” ~ Acts 18:10 ~ So long as the LORD had work for Paul to do in Corinth, the fury of the mob was restrained. The Jews opposed themselves and blasphemed; but they… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.28.18

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Lead the Way “The Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail.” ~ Deuteronomy 28:13 ~ If we obey the Lord, He will compel our adversaries to see that His blessing rests upon us. Though this be a promise of the law, yet it stands good… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.27.18

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon   Drawing Near to God “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.” ~ James 4:8 ~ The nearer we come to God, the more graciously will He reveal Himself to us. When the prodigal comes to his father, his father runs to meet him.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.26.18

Monday, March 26, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Care of the Poor “The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing.” ~ Psalm 41:3 ~ Remember that this is a promise to the man who considers the poor. Are you one of these? Then take home the text. See how in the hour of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.25.18

Sunday, March 25, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Refreshing Sleep “When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.” ~ Proverbs 3:24 ~ Is the reader likely to be confined for a while to the bed by sickness! Let him go upstairs without distress with… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.24.18

Saturday, March 24, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon  Established and Kept But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. ~ 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ~ Men are often as devoid of reason as of faith. There are with us still “unreasonable and wicked men.” There is no use in arguing with… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.23.18

Friday, March 23, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon A Sure Guide “I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not.” ~ Isaiah 42:16 ~ Think of the infinitely glorious Jehovah acting as a Guide to the blind! What boundless condescension does this imply! A blind man cannot find a way which he does… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.22.18

Thursday March 22, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Grace for the Humble “He giveth grace unto the humble.” ~ James 4:6 ~ Humble hearts seek grace, and therefore they get it. Humble hearts yield to the sweet influences of grace, and so it is bestowed on them more and more largely. Humble hearts lie in the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.21.18

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Avoid That Slip “Then shalt thou walk in thy way of safety, and thy foot shall not stumble.” ~ Proverbs 3:23 ~ That is to say, if we follow the ways of wisdom and holiness we shall be preserved in them. He who travels by daylight along the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 03.20.18

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Divine Provision “Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” ~ Matthew 6:30 ~ Clothes are expensive, and poor believers may be led into… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.19.18

Monday, March 19, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Becoming Fit for Glory “The Lord will give grace and glory.” ~ Psalm 84:11 ~ Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H Spurgeon 03.18.18

Sunday, March 18, 2018 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Continue Upright “The prayer of the upright is his delight.” ~ Proverbs 15:8 ~ This is as good as a promise, for it declares a present fact, which will be the same throughout all ages. God takes great pleasure in the prayers of upright men; He even calls… (more…)

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