Monthly Archives: December 2023

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.22.23

“The spot of His children.”~ Deuteronomy 32:5 ~ What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God’s word reveals it to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to be our guide. Now, we are told concerning our Lord, “to as… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.22.23

Immediately Present “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”~ Psalm 46:1 ~ A help that is not present when we need it is of small value. The anchor which is left at home is of no use to the seaman in the hour of storm; the money which he used to have is of no… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.22.23

Luke 2:8-11 And there were in the same country shepherdsabiding in the field, keeping watch over theirflock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lordcame upon them, and the glory of the Lordshone round about them: and they were soreafraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not:for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,which shall be… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.22.23

“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 never needest to fear. Think not that the strength of man… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.21.23

“I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.”~ Ezekiel 16:10 ~ See with what matchless generosity the Lord provides for His people’s apparel. They are so arrayed that the divine skill is seen producing an unrivalled broidered work, in which every… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.21.23

From Anger to Love “He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”  ~ Micah 7:19 ~ God never turns from His love, but He soon turns from His wrath. His love to His chosen is according to His nature; His… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.21.23

Luke 2:6-7 And so it was, that, while they were there,the days were accomplished that she shouldbe delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,and laid him in a manger; because there wasno room for them in the inn. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 281

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.21.23

“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 God who spake the world into existence by a word; He,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.20.23

“Call thy labourers, and give them their hire.”~ Matthew 20:8 ~ God is a good paymaster; He pays His servants while at work as well as when they have done it; and one of His payments is this: an easy conscience. If you have spoken faithfully of Jesus to one person, when you go to bed at night you feel… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.20.23

Men as Men; God as God “I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.20.23

Luke 2:1, 4-5 And it came to pass in those days,that there went out a decree fromCaesar Augustus that all the worldshould be taxed. And Joseph also went up from Galilee,out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea,unto the city of David, which is calledBethlehem; (because he was of the houseand lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.20.23

“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 true, this is not His ordinary method; He is a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.19.23

“And there was no more sea.”~ Revelation 21:1 ~ Scarcely could we rejoice at the thought of losing the glorious old ocean: the new heavens and the new earth are none the fairer to our imagination, if, indeed, literally there is to be no great and wide sea, with its gleaming waves and shelly shores. Is not the text to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.19.23

Afflictions, But No Broken Bones “He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.”~ Psalm 34:20 ~ This promise by the context is referred to the much afflicted righteous man: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” He may suffer skin wounds and flesh wounds, but no great harm… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.19.23

Luke 1:76-78 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophetof the Highest: for thou shalt go before theface of the Lord to prepare his ways;To give knowledge of salvation unto hispeople by the remission of their sins,Through the tender mercy of our God;whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.19.23

“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 the events of our entire life especially when we are… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.18.23

“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.”~ Proverbs 27:23 ~ Every wise merchant will occasionally hold a stock-taking, when he will cast up his accounts, examine what he has on hand, and ascertain decisively whether his trade is prosperous or declining. Every man who is wise in the kingdom of heaven,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.18.23

Defended and Covered “As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem.”~ Isaiah 31:5 ~ With hurrying wing the mother bird hastens up to the protection of her young. She wastes no time upon the road when coming to supply them with food or guard them from danger. Thus as on eagle’s wings will the Lord come for… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.18.23

Luke 1:68-70 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;for he hath visited and redeemedhis people, And hath raised up anhorn of salvation for us in the houseof his servant David; As he spake bythe mouth of his holy prophets,which have been since the world began: King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 302

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.18.23

“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 regulations for such things are pleasing to the flesh but… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.17.23

“I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”~ John 10:9 ~ Jesus, the great I AM, is the entrance into the true church, and the way of access to God Himself. He gives to the man who comes to God by Him four choice… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.17.23

Nearest and Dearest Fellowship “So shall we ever be with the Lord.”~ 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ~ While we are here the Lord is with us, and when we are called away we are with Him. There is no dividing the saint from His Savior. They are one, and they always must be one: Jesus cannot be without His own people,… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.17.23

Matthew 1:20-21 But while he thought on these things,behold, the angel of the Lord appearedunto him in a dream, saying, Joseph,thou son of David, fear not to take untothee Mary thy wife: for that which isconceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.And she shall bring forth a son,and thou shalt call his name Jesus:for he shall save his people… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.17.23

“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 choice. We cannot look too often upon that face which we… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.16.23

“Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened.” It is painful to remember that, in a certain degree, this accusation may be laid at the door of believers, who too often are in a measure spiritually insensible. We may well bewail ourselves that we do not hear the voice of… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.16.23

Divine Expulsion “Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.”~ Joshua 17:18 ~ It is a great encouragement to valor to be assured of victory, for then a man goes forth to war in confidence and ventures where else he had been afraid to go. Our warfare is with evil within us… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.16.23

Luke 1:46-47, 49 And Mary said, My soul dothmagnify the Lord, And my spirithath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he that is mighty hath doneto me great things; and holy is his name. King James Version by Public Domain Thank You For Visiting 293

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.16.23

“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 live.” The law was a dispensation of terror, which drove men… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.15.23

“And lay thy foundations with sapphires.”~ Isaiah 54:11 ~ Not only that which is seen of the church of God, but that which is unseen, is fair and precious. Foundations are out of sight, and so long as they are firm it is not expected that they should be valuable; but in Jehovah’s work everything is of a piece, nothing… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.15.23

World Concord “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”~ Isaiah 2:4 ~ Oh, that these happy times were come! At present the nations are heavily armed and are inventing weapons more and more terrible, as if the chief end… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.15.23

Luke 1:30-33 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary:for thou hast found favour with God.And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:And he… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.15.23

“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 trials which awaited them, and bade them if they cared for… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.14.23

“I am crucified with Christ.”~ Galatians 2:20 ~ The Lord Jesus Christ acted in what He did as a great public representative person, and His dying upon the cross was the virtual dying of all His people. Then all His saints rendered unto justice what was due, and made an expiation to divine vengeance for all their sins. The apostle… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 12.14.23

Nothing Old “And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things” new ~ Revelation 21:5 ~ Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was rolled up and laid aside, and that creation put on her Sunday suit.… (more…)

Today’s Bible Verse 12.14.23

Luke 1:26-28 And in the sixth month the angel Gabrielwas sent from God unto a city of Galilee,named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused toa man whose name was Joseph, of thehouse of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail,thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee:blessed art thou among… (more…)

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