Category Archives: Evening’s With Spurgeon

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~01.20.25

“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken Thou me in Thy way.”~ Psalm 119:37 ~ There are divers kinds of vanity. The cap and bells of the fool, the mirth of the world, the dance, the lyre, and the cup of the dissolute, all these men know to be vanities; they wear upon their forefront their proper name… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.19.25

“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 thou canst eat it all thyself. True grace… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.18.25

“He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”~ Luke 24:27 ~ The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey. Their companion and teacher was the best of tutors; the interpreter one of a thousand, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. The Lord Jesus condescended to become… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.17.25

“And it came to pass in an evening-tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house.”~ 2 Samuel 11:2 ~ At that hour David saw Bathsheba. We are never out of the reach of temptation. Both at home and abroad we are liable to meet with allurements to evil; the morning opens… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon 01.16.25

“The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself.”~ Daniel 9:26 ~ Blessed be His name, there was no cause of death in Him. Neither original nor actual sin had defiled Him, and therefore death had no claim upon Him. No man could have taken His life from Him justly, for He had done no man wrong, and no… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.15.25

“But I give myself unto prayer.”~ Psalm 109:4 ~ Lying tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did not defend himself; he moved the case into a higher court, and pleaded before the great King Himself. Prayer is the safest method of replying to words of hatred. The Psalmist prayed in no cold-hearted manner, he gave himself… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.14.25

“Beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.”~ Matthew 14:30 ~ Sinking times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer at starting upon his venturous journey, but when he began to sink his danger made him a suppliant, and his cry though late was not too late. In our hours of bodily pain and mental anguish,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.13.25

“The iron did swim.”~ 2 Kings 6:9 ~ The axe-head seemed hopelessly lost, and as it was borrowed, the honour of the prophetic band was likely to be imperilled, and so the name of their God to be compromised. Contrary to all expectation, the iron was made to mount from the depth of the stream and to swim; for things… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.12.25

“I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.”~ Job 36:2 ~ We ought not to court publicity for our virtue, or notoriety for our zeal; but, at the same time, it is a sin to be always seeking to hide that which God has bestowed upon us for the good of others. A Christian is not to be a village… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.11.25

“I have prayed for thee.”~ Luke 22:32 ~ How encouraging is the thought of the Redeemer’s never-ceasing intercession for us. When we pray, He pleads for us; and when we are not praying, He is advocating our cause, and by His supplications shielding us from unseen dangers. Notice the word of comfort addressed to Peter Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.10.25

“In my flesh shall I see God.”~ Job 19:26 ~ Mark the subject of Job’s devout anticipation “I shall see God.” He does not say, “I shall see the saints though doubtless that will be untold felicity but, “I shall see God.” It is no “I shall see the pearly gates, I shall behold the walls of jasper, I shall… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.09.25

“Serve the Lord with gladness.”~ Psalm 100:2 ~ DELIGHT in divine service is a token of acceptance. Those who serve God with a sad countenance, because they do what is unpleasant to them, are not serving Him at all; they bring the form of homage, but the life is absent. Our God requires no slaves to grace His throne; He… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.08.25

“Thy love is better than wine.”~ Song of Solomon 1:2 ~ Nothing gives the believer so much joy as fellowship with Christ. He has enjoyment as others have in the common mercies of life, he can be glad both in God’s gifts and God’s works; but in all these separately, yea, and in all of them added together, he doth… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.07.25

“Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening. ~ Ezekiel 33:22 ~ In the way of judgment this may be the case, and, if so, be it mine to consider the reason of such a visitation, and bear the rod and Him that hath appointed it. I am not the only one who is chastened in… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.06.25

“And the LORD shall guide thee continually.”~ Isaiah 58:11 ~ The Lord shall guide thee.” Not an angel, but JEHOVAH shall guide thee. He said He would not go through the wilderness before His people, an angel should go before them to lead them in the way; but Moses said, “If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.05.25

“And God saw the light.”~ Genesis 1:4 ~ This morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord’s dividing it from the darkness, we now note the special eye which the Lord had for the light. “God saw the light He looked at it with complacency, gazed upon it with pleasure, saw that it “was good.” If the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.04.25

“And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.” ~ Genesis 42:8 ~ This morning our desires went forth for growth in our acquaintance with the Lord Jesus; it may be well to-night to consider a kindred topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph’s knowledge of us. This was most blessedly perfect long before we had the slightest knowledge of Him.… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.03.25

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”~ Luke 3:4 ~ The voice crying in the wilderness demanded a way for the Lord, a way prepared, and a way prepared in the wilderness. I would be attentive to the Master’s proclamation, and give Him a road into my heart,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.02.25

“Let the people renew their strength.”~ Isaiah 41:1 ~ ALL things on earth need to be renewed. No created thing continueth by itself. “Thou renewest the face of the earth,” was the Psalmist’s utterance. Even the trees, which wear not themselves with care, nor shorten their lives with labour, must drink of the rain of heaven and suck from the… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 01.01.25

“We will be glad and rejoice in Thee.” ~ Song of Solomon 1:4 ~ We will be glad and rejoice in Thee. We will not open the gates of the year to the dolorous notes of the sackbut, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and the high sounding cymbals of gladness. “O come, let us sing… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.30.24

“Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?”~ 2 Samuel 2:26 ~ O my reader! thou art merely a professor, and not a possessor of the faith that is in Christ Jesus, the following lines are a true ketch of thine end. You are a respectable attendant at a place of worship; you go because others… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.29.24

“What think ye of Christ?”~ Matthew 22:42 ~ The great test of your soul’s health is, What think you of Christ? Is He to you “fairer than the children of men “the chief among ten thousand” the “altogether lovely”? Wherever Christ is thus esteemed, all the faculties of the spiritual man exercise themselves with energy. I will judge of your… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.28.24

“I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword.”~  Matthew 10:34 ~ The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if to do the right, and to believe the I true, should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will count it but a small loss,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.27.24

“And the LORD shall guide thee continually.”~ Isaiah 58:11 ~ The Lord shall guide thee.” Not an angel, but JEHOVAH shall guide thee. He said He would not go through the wilderness before His people, an angel should go before them to lead them in the way; but Moses said, “If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.26.24

“Lo, I am with you alway.”~ Matthew 28:20 ~ The Lord Jesus is in the midst of His church; He walketh among the golden candlesticks; His promise is, “Lo, I am with you alway.” He is as surely with us now as He was with the disciples at the lake, when they saw coals of fire, and fish laid thereon… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.25.24

“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”~ Job 1:5… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.24.24

“The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”~ Isaiah 40:5 ~ We anticipate the happy day when the whole world shall be converted to Christ; when the gods of the heathen shall be cast to the moles and the bats; when Romanism shall be exploded, and the crescent of Mohammed shall wane, never… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.23.24

“The night also is Thine.”~ Psalm 74:16 ~ Yes, Lord, Thou dost not abdicate Thy throne when the sun goeth down, nor dost Thou leave the world all through these long wintry nights to be the prey of evil; Thine eyes watch us as the stars, and Thine arms surround us as the zodiac belts the sky. The dews of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.22.24

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.21.24

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.20.24

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.19.24

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.18.24

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.17.24

“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…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 12.16.24

“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…)

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