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Wednesday, August 02, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.” ~ Ephesians 1:11 ~ Our belief in God’s wisdom supposes and necessitates that He has a settled purpose and plan in the work of salvation. What would creation have been without His design? Is there a fish in the… (more…)

Tuesday, August 01, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn.” ~ Ruth 2:2 ~ Downcast and troubled Christian, come and glean to-day in the broad field of promise. Here are abundance of precious promises, which exactly meet thy wants. Take this one: “He will not break the bruised… (more…)

Monday, July 31, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I in them.” ~John 17:23 ~ If such be the union which subsists between our souls and the person of our Lord, how deep and broad is the channel of our communion! This is no narrow pipe through which a thread-like stream may wind its way, it is a channel… (more…)

Sunday, July 30, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And when he thought thereon, he wept.” ~ Mark 14:72 ~ It has been thought by some that as long as Peter lived, the fountain of his tears began to flow whenever he remembered his denying his Lord. It is not unlikely that it was so, for his sin was… (more…)

Saturday, July 29, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Nevertheless I am continually with Thee.” ~ Psalm 73:23 ~ Neverless, —as if, notwithstanding all the foolishness and ignorance which David had just been confessing to God, not one atom the less was it true and certain that David was saved and accepted, and that the blessing of being constantly… (more…)

Saturday, July 28, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I was so foolish and ignorant; I was acting like an stupid animal before you.” ~ Psalm 73:22 ~ This is the confession of the man after God’s own heart. The word “foolish” here means more than it signifies in ordinary language. Earlier in the Psalm he wrote, “I was… (more…)

Thursday, July 27, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Exceeding great and precious promises.” ~ 2 Peter 1:4 ~ If you would know experimentally the preciousness of the promises, and enjoy them in your own heart, meditate much upon them. There are promises which are like grapes in the wine-press; if you will tread them the juice will flow.… (more…)

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge, etc.” ~ 2 Peter 1:5, 6 ~ If thou wouldest enjoy the eminent grace of the full assurance of faith, under the blessed Spirit’s influence, and assistance, do what the Scripture tells thee, “Give diligence.” Take care that thy… (more…)

Tuesday, July 25, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.” ~ Genesis 39:12 ~ In contending with certain sins there remains no mode of victory but by flight. The ancient naturalists wrote much of basilisks, whose eyes fascinated their victims and rendered them easy victims; so the… (more…)

Monday, July 24, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.” ~ Exodus 14:13 ~ These words contain God’s command to the believer when he is reduced to great straits and brought into extraordinary difficulties. He cannot retreat; he cannot go forward; he is shut up on the right hand and on… (more…)

Sunday, July 23, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Even thou wast as one of them.” ~ Obadiah 1:11 ~ Brotherly kindness was due from Edom to Israel in the time of need, but instead thereof, the men of Esau made common cause with Israel’s foes. Special stress in the sentence before us is laid upon the word thou;… (more…)

Saturday, July 22, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I am married unto you.” ~ Jeremiah 3:14 ~ Christ Jesus is joined unto His people in marriage-union. In love He espoused His Church as a chaste virgin, long before she fell under the yoke of bondage. Full of burning affection He toiled, like Jacob for Rachel, until the whole… (more…)

Friday, July 21, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.” ~ Isaiah 37:22 ~ Reassured by the Word of the Lord, the poor trembling citizens of Zion grew bold, and shook their heads at Sennacherib’s boastful threats. Strong faith enables the servants of God to look with calm contempt upon… (more…)

Thursday, July 20, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The earnest of our inheritance.” ~ Ephesians 1:14 ~ OH! what enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart is experienced by that man who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on Jesus alone. Yet the realization which we have of Christ’s preciousness is, in this life, imperfect… (more…)

Wednesday, July 19, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Lord our God hath shewed us His glory.” ~ Deuteronomy 5:24 ~ God’s great design in all His works is the manifestation of His own glory. Any aim less than this were unworthy of Himself. But how shall the glory of God be manifested to such fallen creatures as… (more…)

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They shall go hindmost with their standards.” ~ Numbers 2:31 ~ The camp of Dan brought up the rear when the armies of Israel were on the march. The Danites occupied the hindmost place, but what mattered the position, since they were as truly part of the host as were… (more…)

Monday, July 17, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 1:4 ~ Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but they cannot learn it thus, it is only to be discovered by “looking unto Jesus.” If you desire to ascertain your own election;—after the following… (more…)

Monday, July 16, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They gathered manna every morning.” ~ Exodus 16:21 ~ Labor to maintain a sense of thine entire dependence upon the Lord’s good will and pleasure for the continuance of thy richest enjoyments. Never try to live on the old manna, nor seek to find help in Egypt. All must come… (more…)

Saturday, July 15, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.” ~ Leviticus 6:13 ~ Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, there-fore let this burn well. Secret devotion is… (more…)

Friday, July 14, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “If thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.” ~ Exodus 20:25 ~ God’s altar was to be built of unhewn stones, that no trace of human skill or labour might be seen upon it. Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross… (more…)

Thursday, July 13, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry?” ~ Jonah 4:9 ~ Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this enquiry, “Doest thou well to… (more…)

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Sanctified by God the Father.” ~ Jude  ~ “Sanctified in Christ Jesus.” ~ 1 Corinthians 1:2 ~ “Through sanctification of the Spirit.” ~ 1 Peter 1:2 ~ Mark the union of the Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely do those believers talk who make preferences in… (more…)

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “After that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” ~ 1 Peter 5:10 ~ You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, alas, it passes away, and lo, it is… (more…)

Monday, July 10, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Fellow citizens with the saints.” ~ Ephesians 2:19 ~ What is meant by our being citizens in heaven? It means that we are under heaven’s government. Christ the king of heaven reigns in our hearts; our daily prayer is, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”… (more…)

Sunday, July 09, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Forget not all His benefits.” ~ Psalm 103:2 ~ It is a delightful and profitable occupation to mark the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints, and to observe His goodness in delivering them, His mercy in pardoning them, and His faithfulness in keeping His covenant with them.… (more…)

Saturday, July 08, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Tell me I pray thee wherein thy great strength lieth.” ~ Judges 16:6 ~ Where lies the secret strength of faith? It lies in the food it feeds on; for faith studies what the promise is—an emanation of divine grace, an overflowing of the great heart of God; and faith… (more…)

Friday, July 07, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Brethren, pray for us.” ~1 Thessalonians 5:25 ~ This one morning in the year we reserved to refresh the reader’s memory upon the subject of prayer for ministers, and we do most earnestly implore every Christian household to grant the fervent request of the text first uttered by an apostle… (more…)

Thursday, July 06, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.” ~ Proverbs 1:33 ~ Divine love is rendered conspicuous when it I shines in the midst of judgments. Fair is that lone star which smiles through the rifts of the thunder clouds; bright is the… (more…)

Wednesday, July 05, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Called to be saints.” ~ Romans 1:7 ~ We are very apt to regard the apostolic saints as if they were “saints” in a more especial manner than the other children of God. All are “saints” whom God has called by His grace, and sanctified by His Spirit; but we… (more…)

Tuesday, July 04, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Sanctify them through Thy truth.” ~ John 17:17 ~ Sanctification begins in regeneration. The Spirit of God infuses into man that new living principle by which he becomes “a new creature” in Christ Jesus. This work, which begins in the new birth, is carried on in two ways—mortification, whereby the… (more…)

Monday, July 03, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The illfavoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven wellfavoured and fat kine.” ~ Genesis 41:4 ~ Pharaoh’s dream has too often been my waking experience. My days of sloth have ruinously destroyed all that I had achieved in times of zealous industry; my seasons of coldness have frozen… (more…)

Sunday, July 02, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Our heart shall rejoice in Him.” ~ Psalm 33:21 ~ Blessed is the fact that Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress; although trouble may surround them, they still sing; and, like many birds, they sing best in their cages. The waves may roll over them, but their souls… (more…)

Saturday, July 01, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In summer and in winter shall it be.” ~ Zechariah 14:8~ The streams of living water which flow from Jerusalem are not dried up by the parching heats of sultry midsummer any more than they were frozen by the cold winds of blustering winter. Rejoice, O my soul, that thou… (more…)

Friday, June 30, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And the glory which Thou gavest me I have given them.” ~ John 17:22 ~ Behold the superlative liberality of the Lord Jesus, for He hath given us His all. Although a tithe of His possessions would have made a universe of angels rich beyond all thought, yet was He… (more…)

Thursday, June 29, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:14 ~ Let us not imagine that the soul sleeps in insensibility. “Today shalt thou be with me in paradise,” is the whisper of Christ to every dying saint. They “sleep in Jesus,” but their souls… (more…)