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Thursday, January 12, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye are Christ’s.” ~ 1 Corinthians 3:23 ~ YE are Christ’s.” You are His by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; His by His bloody purchase, for He counted down the price for your redemption; His by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to Him; His by… (more…)

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “These have no root.” ~ Luke 8:13 ~ MY soul, examine thyself this morning by the light of this text. Thou hast received the word with joy; thy feelings have been stirred and a lively impression has been made; but, remember, that to receive the word in the ear is… (more…)

Tuesday, January 10, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.” ~ 2 Timothy 4:8 ~ DOUBTING one! thou hast often said, “I fear I shall never enter heaven.” Fear not! all the people of God shall enter there. I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who exclaimed, “I… (more…)

Monday, January 09, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will be their God.” ~ Jeremiah 31:33 ~ CHRISTIAN! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, “My cup runneth… (more…)

Sunday, January 08, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The iniquity of the holy things.” ~ Exodus 28:38 ~ WHAT a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be humbling and profitable for us to pause awhile and see this sad sight. The iniquities of our public worship, its hypocrisy, formality,… (more…)

Saturday, January 07, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “For me to live is Christ.” ~ Philippians 1:21 ~ THE believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt.… (more…)

Thursday, January 06, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.” ~ 1 Peter 5:7 ~ IT is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel—”HE careth for me.” Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord.… (more…)

Tuesday, January 05, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.” ~ Genesis 1:4 ~ Light  might well be good since it sprang from that fiat of goodness, “Let there be light.” We who enjoy it should be more grateful for it than we… (more…)

Wednesday, January 04, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” ~ 2 Peter 3:18 ~ GROW in grace”—not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fulness, constancy,… (more…)

Tuesday, January 03, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will give thee for a covenant of the people.” ~ Isaiah 49:8 ~ JESUS Christ is Himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as one of its gifts, He is the property of every believer. Believer, canst thou estimate what thou hast gotten in Christ? “In Him… (more…)

Monday, January 02, 2017 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Continue in prayer.” ~ Colossians 4:2 ~ IT is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, “Then began men to call upon the… (more…)

Friday, January 01, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” ~ Joshua 5:12 ~ ISRAEL’S weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with milk and… (more…)

Saturday, December 31, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” ~ Joshua 5:1 ~ ISRAEL’S weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses: they came to the land which flowed with milk and honey, and… (more…)

Thursday, December 29, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” ~ 1 Samuel 7:12 ~ THE word “hitherto” seems like a hand pointing in the direction of the past. Twenty years or seventy, and yet, “hitherto the Lord hath helped!” Through poverty, through wealth, through sickness, through health, at home, abroad, on the… (more…)

Wednesday, December 28, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon   “The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God.” ~ Galatians 2:20 ~ WHEN the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood, He first of all said, “Live”; and this He did first, because life… (more…)

Tuesday, December 27, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Can the rush grow up without mire?” ~ Job 8:11 ~ THE rush is spongy and hollow, and even so is a hypocrite; there is no substance or stability in him. It is shaken to and fro in every wind just as formalists yield to every influence; for this reason… (more…)

Monday, December 26, 2016 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The last Adam.” ~ 1 Corinthians 15:45 ~ JESUS is the federal head of His elect. As in Adam, every heir of flesh and blood has a personal interest, because he is the covenant head and representative of the race as considered under the law of works; so under the… (more…)

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…)