Tag Archives: Morning’s With Spurgeon

Sunday, December 25, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” ~ Isaiah 7:14 ~ LET us to-day go down to Bethlehem, and in company with wondering shepherds and adoring Magi, let us see Him who was born King of the Jews, for we by faith… (more…)

Saturday, December 24, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For your sakes he became poor.” ~ 2 Corinthians 8:9 ~ THE Lord Jesus Christ was eternally rich, glorious, and exalted; but “though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor.” As the rich saint cannot be true in his communion with his poor brethren unless of his… (more…)

Friday, December 23, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Friend, go up higher.” ~ Luke 14:10 ~ WHEN first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, but it is with great fear and trembling. The soul conscious of guilt, and humbled thereby, is overawed with the solemnity of its position; it… (more…)

Thursday, December 22, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will strengthen thee.” ~ Isaiah 41:10 ~ GOD has a strong reserve with which to discharge this engagement; for He is able to do all things. Believer, till thou canst drain dry the ocean of omnipotence, till thou canst break into pieces the towering mountains of almighty strength, thou… (more…)

Wednesday, December 21, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” ~ 2 Samuel 23:5 ~ THIS covenant is divine in its origin. “HE hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” Oh that great word HE! Stop, my soul. God, the everlasting Father, has positively made a covenant with thee; yes, that… (more…)

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.”  ~ Jeremiah 31:3 ~ SOMETIMES the Lord Jesus tells His Church His love thoughts. “He does not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very presence He says, ‘Thou art all fair, my love.’ It is… (more…)

Monday, December 19, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.” ~ Proverbs 16:33 ~ IF the disposal of the lot is the Lord’s whose is the arrangement of our whole life? If the simple casting of a lot is guided by Him, how much… (more…)

Sunday, December 18, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Rend your heart, and not your garments.”  ~ Joel 2:13 ~ GARMENT-RENDING and other outward signs of religious emotion, are easily manifested and are frequently hypocritical; but to feel true repentance is far more difficult, and consequently far less common. Men will attend to the most multiplied and minute ceremonial… (more…)

Saturday, December 17, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I remember thee.” ~ Jeremiah 2:2 ~ LET us note that Christ delights to think upon His Church, and to look upon her beauty. As the bird returneth often to its nest, and as the wayfarer hastens to his home, so doth the mind continually pursue the object of its… (more…)

Friday, December 16, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Come unto me.” ~ Matthew 11:28 ~ THE cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, “Come.” The Jewish law harshly said, “Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which thou shalt walk. Break the commandments, and thou shalt perish; keep them, and thou shalt… (more…)

Thursday, December 15, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her.” ~ Ruth 1:14 ~ BOTH of them had an affection for Naomi, and therefore set out with her upon her return to the land of Judah. But the hour of test came; Naomi most unselfishly set before each of them the… (more…)

wEDNESday, December 14, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They go from strength to strength.” ~ Psalm 84:7 ~ THEY go from strength to strength. There are various renderings of these words, but all of them contain the idea of progress. Our own good translation of the authorized version is enough for us this morning. “They go from strength… (more…)

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Salt without prescribing how much.” ~ Ezra 7:22 ~ SALT was used in every offering made by fire unto the Lord, and from its preserving and purifying properties it was the grateful emblem of divine grace in the soul. It is worthy of our attentive regard that, when Artaxerxes gave… (more…)

Monday, December 12, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “His ways are everlasting.” ~ Habakkuk 3:6 ~ WHAT He hath done at one time, He will do yet again. Man’s ways are variable, but God’s ways are everlasting. There are many reasons for this most comforting truth: among them are the following—the Lord’s ways are the result of wise… (more…)

Sunday, December 11, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:24 ~ HEAVEN is a place where we shall never sin; where we shall cease our constant watch against an indefatigable enemy, because there will be no tempter to ensnare our feet. There the wicked cease… (more…)

Saturday, December 10, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “So shall we ever be with the Lord.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ~ EVEN the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are—and how transitory! One moment our eyes see Him, and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, but again a little time and we do not… (more…)

Friday, December 09, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Therefore will the Lord wait that He may be gracious unto you.” ~ Isaiah 30:18 ~ GOD often DELAYS IN ANSWERING PRAYER. We have several instances of this in sacred Scripture. Jacob did not get the blessing from the angel until near the dawn of day—he had to wrestle all… (more…)

Thursday, December 08, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.” ~ Revelation 3:4 ~ WE may understand this to refer to justification. “They shall walk in white”; that is, they shall enjoy a constant… (more…)

Wednesday, December 07, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Base things of the world hath God chosen.” ~ 1 Corinthians 1:28 ~ WALK the streets by moonlight, if you dare, and you will see sinners then. Watch when the night is dark, and the wind is howling, and the picklock is grating in the door, and you will see… (more…)

Tuesday, December 06, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.” ~ 1 Corinthians 15:48 ~ THE head and members are of one nature, and not like that monstrous image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream. The head was of fine gold, but the belly and thighs were of brass,… (more…)

Monday, December 05, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ask, and it shall be given you.” ~ Matthew 7:7 ~ WE know of a place in England still existing, where a dole of bread is served to every passerby who chooses to ask for it. Whoever the traveller may be, he has but to knock at the door of… (more…)

Sunday, December 04, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I have much people in this city.” ~ Acts 18:10 ~ THIS should be a great encouragement to try to do good, since God has among the vilest of the vile, the most reprobate, the most debauched and drunken, an elect people who must be saved. When you take the… (more…)

Saturday, December 03, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is no spot in thee.” ~ Song of Solomon 4:7 ~ HAVING pronounced His Church positively full of beauty, our Lord confirms His praise by a precious negative, “There is no spot in I thee.” As if the thought occurred to the Bridegroom that the carping world would insinuate… (more…)

Friday, December 02, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou art all fair, my love.” ~ Song of Solomon 4:7 ~ THE Lord’s admiration of His Church is very a wonderful, and His description of her beauty is very glowing. She is not merely fair, but “all fair.” He views her in Himself, washed in His sin-atoning blood and… (more…)

Thursday, December 01, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou hast made summer and winter.” ~ Psalm 74:17 ~ MY soul begin this wintry month with thy God. The cold snows and the piercing winds all remind thee that He keeps His covenant with day and night, and tend to assure thee that He will also keep that glorious… (more…)

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.” ~ 2 Chronicles 25:9 ~ A very… (more…)

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people . . . Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.” ~ Leviticus 19:16, 17 ~ TALE-BEARING emits a threefold poison; for it injures the teller, the hearer, and the person… (more…)

Monday, November 28, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.” ~ 3 John 3 ~ THE truth was in Gaius, and Gaius walked in the truth. If the first had not been the case, the second… (more…)

Sunday, November 27, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord.” ~ Zechariah 3:1 ~ IN Joshua the high priest we see a picture of each and every child of God, who has been made nigh by the blood of Christ, and has been taught to minister in holy things,… (more…)

Saturday, November 26, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” ~ Ecclesiastes 9:10 ~ WHATSOEVER thy hand findeth to do,” refers to works that are possible. There are many things which our heart findeth to do which we never shall do. It is well it is in our heart;… (more…)

Friday, November 25, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “To preach deliverance to the captives.” ~ Luke 4.18 ~ NONE but Jesus can give deliverance to captives. Real liberty cometh from Him only. It is a liberty righteously bestowed; for the Son, who is Heir of all things, has a right to make men free. The saints honour the… (more…)

Thursday, November 24, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams.” ~ Isaiah 33:21 ~ BROAD rivers and streams produce fertility, and abundance in the land. Places near broad rivers are remarkable for the variety of their plants and their plentiful harvests. God is all this to… (more…)

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Fellowship with Him.” ~ 1 John 1:6 ~ WHEN we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into such complete fellowship with Him, that we were made one with Him, and His interests and ours became mutual and identical. We have fellowship with Christ in His love. What… (more…)

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.” ~ Hosea 12:12 ~ JACOB, while expostulating with Laban, thus describes his own toil, “This twenty years have I been with thee. That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee: I bare the loss of… (more…)

Monday, November 21, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Grieve not the Holy Spirit.” ~ Ephesians 4:30 ~ ALL that the believer has must come from Christ, but it comes solely through the channel of the Spirit of grace. Moreover, as all blessings thus flow to you through the Holy Spirit, so also no good thing can come out… (more…)