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Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.31.15

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.31.15

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “With His stripes we are healed.”—Isaiah 53:5. PILATE delivered our Lord to the lictors to be scourged. The Roman scourge was a most dreadful instrument of torture. It was made of the sinews of oxen, and sharp bones were inter-twisted every here and there among the sinews; so that every… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.30.15

monday, March 30, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.” — Lamentations 3:40 The spouse who fondly loves her absent husband longs for his return; a long protracted separation from her Lord is a semi-death to her spirit: and so with souls who love the Saviour much,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.30.15

Monday, March 30, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He was numbered with the transgressors.” — Isaiah 53:12 Why did Jesus suffer Himself to be enrolled amongst sinners? This wonderful condescension was justified by many powerful reasons. In such a character He could the better become their advocate. In some trials there is an identification of the counsellor with… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.29.15

Sunday, March 29, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I called him, but he gave me no answer.” Prayer sometimes tarrieth, like a petitioner at the gate, until the King cometh forth to fill her bosom with the blessings which she seeketh. The Lord, when he hath given great faith, has been known to try it by long delayings.… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.29.15

Sunday, March 29, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.” We are told that the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through suffering, therefore we who are sinful, and who are far from being perfect, must not wonder if we are called to pass… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.28.15

Saturday, March 28, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will accept you with your sweet savour.” The merits of our great Redeemer are as sweet savour to the Most High. Whether we speak of the active or passive righteousness of Christ, there is an equal fragrance. There was a sweet savour in his active life by which he… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.28.15

Saturday, March 28, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The love of Christ which passeth knowledge.”—Ephesians 3:19. THE love of Christ in its sweetness, its fulness, its greatness, its faithfulness, passeth all human comprehension. Where shall language be found which shall describe His matchless, His unparalleled love towards the children of men? It is so vast and boundless that,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.27.15

Friday, March 27, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master’s table.”—Matthew 15:27. THIS woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking GREAT THOUGHTS OF CHRIST. The Master had talked about the children’s bread: “Now,” argued she, “since Thou art the Master of the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.27.15

Friday, March 27, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.”—Matthew 26:56. HE never deserted them, but they in cowardly fear of their lives, fled from Him in the very beginning of His sufferings. This is but one instructive instance of the frailty of all believers if left to themselves; they are but… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.26.15

Thursday, March 26, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “When He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”—Mark 8:38. IF we have been partakers with Jesus in His shame, we shall be sharers with Him in the lustre which shall surround Him when He appears again in glory. Art thou, beloved one, with Christ Jesus?… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.26.15

Thursday, March 26, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Jesus said unto them, If ye seek Me, let these go their way.”—John 18:8. MARK, my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in His hour of trial, towards the sheep of His hand! The ruling passion is strong in death. He resigns Himself to the enemy, but He interposes… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.25.15

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “The Son of man.”—John 3:13. HOW constantly our Master used the title, the “Son of man!” If He had chosen, He might always have spoken of Himself as the Son of God, the Everlasting Father, the Wonderful, the Counsellor, the Prince of Peace; but behold the lowliness of Jesus! He… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.25.15

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?”—Luke 22:48. THE kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face, for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. Whenever a man is… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.24.15

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit.”—Luke 10:21. THE Saviour was “a man of sorrows,” but every thoughtful mind has discovered the fact that down deep in His innermost soul He carried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy. Of all the human race, there was never a man… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.24.15

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He was heard in that he feared.”—Hebrews 5:7. DID this fear arise from the infernal suggestion that He was utterly forsaken. There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one of the worst to be utterly forsaken? “See,” said Satan, “thou hast a friend nowhere! Thy Father… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.23.15

Monday, March 23, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”—Luke 19:40. BUT could the stones cry out? Assuredly they could if He who opens the mouth of the dumb should bid them lift up their voice. Certainly if they were to speak, they would… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.23.15

Monday, March 23, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”—Luke 22:44. THE mental pressure arising from our Lord’s struggle with temptation, so forced his frame to an unnatural excitement, that his pores sent forth great drops of blood which fell down to the ground. This… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.22.15

Sunday, March 22, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am.”—John 17:24. O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness hath rest? Why dost thou snatch away the excellent of the earth, in whom is all our delight? If… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.22.15

Sunday, March 22, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and prayed.”—Matthew 26:39. THERE are several instructive features in our Saviour’s prayer in His hour of trial. It was lonely prayer. He withdrew even from His three favoured disciples. Believer, be much in solitary prayer, especially in times of… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.21.15

Saturday, March 21, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?”—Job 38:31. IF inclined to boast of our abilities, the grandeur of nature may soon show us how puny we are. We cannot move the least of all the twinkling stars, or quench so much as one… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.21.15

Saturday, March 21, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone.”—John 16:32. FEW had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not sufficiently advanced in grace to be admitted to behold the mysteries of “the agony.” Occupied with the passover feast at… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.20.15

Friday, March 20, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.”—Ephesians 5:25. WHAT a golden example Christ gives to His disciples! Few masters could venture to say, “If you would practise my teaching, imitate my life;” but as the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of perfect virtue, He… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.20.15

Friday, March 20, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “My beloved.”—Song of Solomon 2:8. THIS was a golden name which the ancient Church in her most joyous moments was wont to give to the Anointed of the Lord. When the time of the singing of birds was come, and the voice of the turtle was heard in her land,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.19.15

Thursday, March 19, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “And she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.”—Ruth 2:14. WHENEVER we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full and sweet repast. When Jesus is the host no guest goes empty from the table. Our head is satisfied with… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.19.15

Thursday, March 19, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Strong in faith.”—Romans 4:20. CHRISTIAN, take good care of thy faith; for recollect faith is the only way whereby thou canst obtain blessings. If we want blessings from God, nothing can fetch them down but faith. Prayer cannot draw down answers, from God’s throne except it be the earnest prayer… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.18.15

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you.”—John 15:9. AS the Father loves the Son, in the same manner Jesus loves His people. What is that divine method? He loved Him without beginning, and thus Jesus loves His members. “I have loved thee with an everlasting love.”… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.18.15

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”—Galatians 3:26. THE fatherhood of God is common to all his children. Ah! Little-faith, you have often said, “Oh that I had the courage of Great-heart, that I could wield his sword and be as valiant as he! But,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.17.15

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”—Matthew 5:9. THIS is the seventh of the beatitudes: and seven was the number of perfection among the Hebrews. It may be that the Saviour placed the peacemaker the seventh upon the list because he most nearly approaches… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.17.15

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Remember the poor.”—Galatians 2:10. WHY does God allow so many of His children to be poor? He could make them all rich if He pleased; He could lay bags of gold at their doors; He could send them a large annual income; or He could scatter round their houses abundance… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.16.15

Monday, March 16, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins.”—Psalm 19:13. SUCH was the prayer of the “man after God’s own heart.” Did holy David need to pray thus? How needful, then, must such a prayer be for us babes in grace! It is as if he said, “Keep me back, or… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.16.15

Monday, March 16, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I am a stranger with thee.”—Psalm 39:12. YES, O Lord, with Thee, but not to Thee. All my natural alienation from Thee, Thy grace has effectually removed; and now, in fellowship with Thyself, I walk through this sinful world as a pilgrim in a foreign country. Thou art a stranger… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.15.15

Sunday, March 15, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “He did it with all his heart and prospered.”—2 Chronicles 31:21. THIS is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labour leaving… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.15.15

Sunday, March 15, 2015 This Morning’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”—2 Timothy 2:1. CHRIST has grace without measure in Himself, but He hath not retained it for Himself. As the reservoir empties itself into the pipes, so hath Christ emptied out His grace for His people. “Of His fulness have all… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 03.14.15

Saturday, March 14, 2015 This Evening’s Meditation C. H. Spurgeon “I will take heed to my ways.”—Psalm 39:1. FELLOW-PILGRIM, say not in your heart, “I will go hither and thither, and I shall not sin;” for you are never so out of danger of sinning as to boast of security. The road is very miry, it will be hard to… (more…)

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