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Saturday, March 07, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “lt is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man.”—Psalm 118:8. DOUBTLESS the reader has been tried with the temptation to rely upon the things which are seen, instead of resting alone upon the invisible God. Christians often look to man for help and counsel, and… (more…)

Friday, March 06, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Before destruction the heart of man is haughty.”—Proverbs 18:12. IT is an old and common saying, that “coming events cast their shadows before them;” the wise man teaches us that a haughty heart is the prophetic prelude of evil. Pride is as safely the sign of destruction as the change… (more…)

Thursday, March 05, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.”—Psalm 35:3. WHAT does this sweet prayer teach me? It shall be my evening’s petition; but first let it yield me an instructive meditation. The text informs me first of all that David had his doubts; for why should he pray, “Say unto… (more…)

TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”—Isaiah 48:10. COMFORT thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Does not the word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yea, is it not an asbestos armour,… (more…)

MONDAY, MARCH 02, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.”—1 Samuel 13:20. WE are engaged in a great war with the Philistines of evil. Every weapon within our reach must be used. Preaching, teaching, praying, giving,… (more…)

SUNDAY, MARCH 01, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.”—Song of Solomon 4:16. ANYTHING is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified to the drawing… (more…)

Saturday, February 28, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah.”—1 Kings 17:16. SEE the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had daily necessities. She had herself and her son to feed in… (more…)

Friday, February 27, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”—Micah 5:2. THE Lord Jesus had goings forth for His people as their representative before the throne, long before they appeared upon the stage of time. It was “from everlasting” that He signed the compact with His Father, that He would… (more…)

Thursday, February 26, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “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 evening it may be well for… (more…)

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa.”—Jonah 1:3. INSTEAD of going to Nineveh to preach the Word, as God bade him, Jonah disliked the work, and went down to Joppa to escape from it. There are occasions when… (more…)

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy upon Jerusalem? . . . And the Lord answered the angel . . . with good words and comfortable words.”—Zechariah 1:12,13. WHAT a sweet answer to an anxious enquiry! This night let us rejoice in it. O Zion, there… (more…)

Monday, February 23, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Take up the cross, and follow Me.”—Mark 10:21. YOU have not the making of your own cross, although unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making; neither are you permitted to choose your own cross, although self-will would fain be lord and master; but your cross is prepared and appointed for… (more…)

Sunday, February 22, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power.”—Nahum 1:3. JEHOVAH “is slow to anger.” When mercy cometh into the world she driveth winged steeds; the axles of her chariot-wheels are red hot with speed; but when wrath goeth forth, it toileth on with tardy footsteps, for God taketh… (more…)

Saturday, February 21, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Understandest thou what thou readest?”—Acts 8:30. WE should be abler teachers of others, and less liable to be carried about by every wind of doctrine, if we sought to have a more intelligent understanding of the Word of God. As the Holy Ghost, the Author of the Scriptures is He… (more…)

Friday, February 20, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”—Matthew 4:1. A holy character does not avert temptation—Jesus was tempted. When Satan tempts us, his sparks fall upon tinder; but in Christ’s case, it was like striking sparks on water; yet the enemy continued… (more…)

Thursday, February 19, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He first findeth his own brother Simon.”—John 1:41. THIS case is an excellent pattern of all cases where spiritual life is vigorous. As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others. I will not believe that thou hast tasted of the honey of the gospel if… (more…)

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Father, I have sinned.”—Luke 15:18. IT is quite certain that those whom Christ has washed in His precious blood need not make a confession of sin, as culprits or criminals, before God the Judge, for Christ has for ever taken away all their sins in a legal sense, so that… (more…)

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whereas the Lord was there.”—Ezekiel 35:10. EDOM’S princes saw the whole country left desolate, and counted upon its easy conquest; but there was one great difficulty in their way—quite unknown to them—“The Lord was there”; and in His presence lay the special security of the chosen land. Whatever may be… (more…)

Monday, February 16, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thy good Spirit.”—Nehemiah 9:20. COMMON, too common is the sin of forgetting the Holy Spirit. This is folly and ingratitude. He deserves well at our hands, for He is good, supremely good. As God, He is good essentially. He shares in the threefold ascription of Holy, holy, holy, which ascends… (more…)

Sunday, February 15, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whereby they have made Thee glad.”—Psalm 45:8. AND who are thus privileged to make the Saviour glad? His church—His people. But is it possible? He makes us glad, but how can we make Him glad? By our love. Ah! we think it so cold, so faint; and so, indeed, we… (more…)

Saturday, February 14, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “She was healed immediately.”—Luke 8:47. ONE of the most touching and teaching of the Saviour’s miracles is before us to-night. The woman was very ignorant. She imagined that virtue came out of Christ by a law of necessity, without His knowledge or direct will. Moreover, she was a stranger to… (more…)

Friday, February 13, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is therefore now no condemnation.”—Romans 8:1. COME, my soul, think thou of this. Believing in Jesus, thou art actually and effectually cleared from guilt; thou art led out of thy prison. Thou art no more in fetters as a bond-slave; thou art delivered now from the bondage of the… (more…)

Thursday, February 12, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever.”—John 14:16. GREAT Father revealed Himself to believers of old before the coming of His Son, and was known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the God Almighty. Then Jesus came, and the ever-blessed Son in His… (more…)

 Wednesday, February 11, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou hast left thy first love.”—Revelation 2:4. EVER to be remembered is that best and brightest of hours, when first we saw the Lord, lost our burden, received the roll of promise, rejoiced in full salvation, and went on our way in peace. It was spring time in the soul;… (more…)

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.”—Isaiah 44:22. ATTENTIVELY observe THE INSTRUCTIVE SIMILITUDE: our sins are like a cloud. As clouds are of many shapes and shades, so are our transgressions. As clouds… (more…)

Monday, February 09, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil [or, the evil one].”—Luke 11:4. WHAT we are taught to seek or shun in prayer, we should equally pursue or avoid in action. Very earnestly, therefore, should we avoid temptation, seeking to walk so guardedly in the path of obedience,… (more…)

 Sunday, February 08, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He shall save His people from their sins.”—Matthew 1:21. MANY persons, if they are asked what they understand by salvation, will reply, “Being saved from hell and taken to heaven.” This is one result of salvation, but it is not one tithe of what is contained in that boon. It… (more…)

Saturday, February 07, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.”—Revelation 11:12. WITHOUT considering these words in their prophetical connection, let us regard them D as the invitation of our great Forerunner to His sanctified people. In due time there shall be heard “a great voice from… (more…)

Friday, February 06, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Pray one for another.”—James 5:16. AS an encouragement cheerfully to offer intercessory prayer, remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character. In all the incense which our Great High Priest now puts into the golden censer, there is not… (more…)

Thursday, February 05, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “At that time Jesus answered.”—Matthew 11:25. THIS is a singular way in which to commence a verse—”At that time Jesus answered.” If you will look at the context you will not perceive that any person had asked Him a question, or that He was in conversation with any human being.… (more…)

Wednesday, February 04, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Your refuge from the avenger of blood.”—Joshua 20:3. IT is said that in the land of Canaan, cities of refuge were so arranged, that any man might reach one of them within half a day at the utmost. Even so the word of our salvation is near to us; Jesus… (more…)

Tuesday, February 03, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Tell me . . . where Thou feedest, where Thou makest Thy flock to rest at noon.”—Song of Solomon 1:7. THESE words express the desire of the believer after Christ, and his longing for present communion with Him. Where doest Thou feed Thy flock? In Thy house? I will go,… (more…)

Monday, February 02, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And these are ancient things.”—1 Chronicles 4:22. YET not so ancient as those precious things which are the delight of our souls. Let us for a moment recount them, telling them over as misers count their gold. The sovereign choice of the Father, by which He elected us unto eternal… (more…)

Sunday, February 01, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thy love to me was wonderful.”—2 Samuel 1:26. COME, dear readers, let each one of us speak for himself of the wonderful love, not of Jonathan, but of Jesus. We will not relate what we have been told, but the things which we have tasted and handled-of the love of… (more…)

Saturday, January 31, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.”—2 Samuel 18:23. RUNNING is not everything, there is much in the way which we select: a swift foot over hill and down dale will not keep pace with a slower traveller upon level ground. How is it with… (more…)