Category Archives: ~ To God Be the Glory ~

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.11.24

“Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness because of mine enemies.”~ Psalms 5:8 ~ Very bitter is the enmity of the world against the people of Christ. Men will forgive a thousand faults in others, but they will magnify the most trivial offence in the followers of Jesus. Instead of vainly regretting this, let us turn it to account, and… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.11.24

Sufferers Make Strong Believers It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.~ Lamentations 3:27 ~ This is as good as a promise. It has been good, it is good, and it will be good for me to bear the yoke. Early in life I had to feel the weight of conviction, and ever since… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.11.24

“Be ye separate.”~ 2 Corinthians 6:17 ~ The Christian, while in the world, is not to be of the world. He should be distinguished from it in the great object of his life. To him, “to live,” should be “Christ.” Whether he eats, or drinks, or whatever he does, he should do all to God’s glory. You may lay up… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.10.24

“Evening wolves.”~ Habakkuk 1:8 ~ While preparing the present volume, this particular expression recurred to me so frequently, that in order to be rid of its constant importunity I determined to give a page to it. The evening wolf, infuriated by a day of hunger, was fiercer and more ravenous than he would have been in the morning. May not… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.10.24

  Coming In; Going Out “Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.”~ Deuteronomy 28:6 ~ The blessings of the law are not canceled. Jesus confirmed the promise when He bore the penalty. If I keep the commands of my Lord, I may appropriate this promise without question. This day I… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.10.24

“And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.” ~ Mark 3:13 ~ Here was sovereignty. Impatient spirits may fret and fume, because they are not called to the highest places in the ministry; but reader be it thine to rejoice that Jesus calleth whom He wills. If He shall… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.09.24

“And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment.”~Revelation 4:4~ These representatives of the saints in heaven are said to be around the throne. In the passage in Canticles, where Solomon sings of the King sitting at his table, some render it “a round… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.09.24

  Fear Has Its Place “Happy is the man that feareth alway.”~ Proverbs 28:14 ~ The fear of the Lord is the beginning and the foundation of all true religion. Without a solemn awe and reverence of God there is no foothold for the more brilliant virtues. He whose soul does not worship will never live in holiness. He is… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.09.24

“I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.”~ Jeremiah 33:3 ~ There are different translations of these words. One version renders it, “I will shew thee great and fortified things.” Another, “Great and reserved things.” Now, there are reserved and special things in Christian experience: all the developments of spiritual life are not… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.08.24

“The exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead.”~ Ephesians 1:19, 20 ~ In the resurrection of Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short of a divine power. What shall we say of those who… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.08.24

  Broken and Smoking “A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench”~ Isaiah 42:3 ~ Then I may reckon upon tender treatment from my Lord. Indeed, I feel myself to be at best as weak, as pliant, as worthless as a reed. Someone said, “I don’t care a rush for you”; and the… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.08.24

“From Me is thy fruit found.”~ Hosea 14:8 ~ Our fruit is found from our God as to union. The fruit of the branch is directly traceable to the root. Sever the connection, the branch dies, and no fruit is produced. By virtue of our union with Christ we bring forth fruit. Every bunch of grapes have been first in… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.07.24

  “There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.”~ Jeremiah 49:23 ~ Little  know we what sorrow may be upon the sea at this moment. We are safe in our quiet chamber, but far away on the salt sea the hurricane may be cruelly seeking for the lives of men. Hear how the death fiends howl among the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.07.24

The Reach of Almighty Grace “It shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.”~ Hosea 1:10 ~ Sovereign grace can make strangers into sons, and the Lord here declares His purpose to deal thus… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.07.24

“And when they could not come nigh unto Him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.“~ Mark 2:4 ~ Faith is full of inventions. The house was full, a crowd blocked up the door, but faith found a… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.06.24

“If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”~ Galatians 5:18 ~ He who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning, but if he be a wise man he will despair at the beginning; for if we… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.06.24

A Strong Heart “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.”~ Psalm 27:14 ~ Wait! Wait! Let your waiting be on the Lord! He is worth waiting for. He never disappoints the waiting soul. While waiting keep up your spirits, Expect a great deliverance, and be ready to… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.06.24

“In the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.“~ Philippians 2:15 ~ We use lights to make manifest. A Christian man should so shine in his life, that a person could not live with him a week without knowing the gospel. His conversation should be such that all who are about… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.05.24

“Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?”~ Job 38:16 ~ Some things in nature must remain a mystery to the most intelligent and enterprising investigators. Human knowledge has bounds beyond which it cannot pass. Universal knowledge is for God alone. If this be so in the things which are seen and temporal, I may rest assured that it… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.05.24

  With Me Wherever I Am “The Lord will be with you.”~ 2 Chronicles 20:17 ~ This was a great mercy for Jehoshaphat, for a great multitude had come out against him; and it will be a great mercy for me, for I have great need, and I have no might or wisdom. If the Lord be with me, it… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.05.24

“Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar.”~ Psalm 120:5 ~ As a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry “Woe is me.” Jesus did not pray O that you should be taken out of the world,… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.04.24

“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have.”~ Leviticus 19:36 ~ Weights, and scales, and measures were to be all according to the standard of justice. Surely no Christian man will need to be reminded of this in his business, for if righteousness were banished from all the world beside, it should find a… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.04.24

Victory Without Battle “But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.”~ Hosea 1:7 ~ Precious word. Jehovah Himself will deliver His people in the greatness of His mercy, but He will… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.04.24

“I will; be thou clean.”~ Mark 1:41 ~ Primeval darkness heard the Almighty fiat, “light be,” and straightway light was, and the word of the Lord Jesus is equal in majesty to that ancient word of power. Redemption like Creation has its word of might. Jesus speaks and it is done. Leprosy yielded to no human remedies, but it fled… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.03.24

“The Lord trieth the righteous.“~Psalm 11:5 ~ All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God’s ordinance the armies of trial march forth in array, clad in their iron armour, and armed with weapons of war. All… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.03.24

Out of Spiritual Death “And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves.”~ Ezekiel 37:13 ~ Indeed it must be so: those who receive life from the dead are sure to recognize the hand of the Lord in such a resurrection. This is… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.03.24

“Thou whom my soul loveth.” ~ Song of Solomon 1:7 ~ It is well to be able, without any “if” or “but,” to say of the Lord Jesus”“Thou whom my soul loveth.” Many can only say of Jesus that they hope they love Him; they trust they love Him; but only a poor and shallow experience will be content to stay… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.02.24

“Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.”~ John 4:48 ~ A craving after marvels was a symptom of the sickly state of men’s minds in our Lord’s day; they refused solid nourishment, and pined after mere wonder. The gospel which they so greatly needed they would not have; the miracles which Jesus did not always choose to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.02.24

Follow to Know “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord.”~ Hosea 6:3 ~ Not all at once, but by degrees shall we attain to holy knowledge, and our business is to persevere and learn by little and little. We need not despair, though our progress may be slow, for we shall yet know. The Lord,… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.02.24

“But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell Him of her.” ~ Mark 1:30 ~ Very interesting is this little peep into the house of the Apostolic Fisherman. We see at once that household joys and cares are no hindrance to the full exercise of ministry, nay, that since they furnish an opportunity for personally… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.01.24

“Trust in Him at all times.” ~ Psalm 62:8 ~ Faith is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly business. It is only as we learn to trust in God for the supply of all our daily need that we… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 09.01.24

Abiding in Obedience, in Love “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love.“~ John 15:10 ~ These things cannot be parted abiding in obedience and abiding in the love of Jesus. A life under the rule of Christ can alone prove that we are the objects of our Lord’s delight. We must keep our Lord’s command if… (more…)

Morning’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 09.01.24

“Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.”~ Psalm 73:24 ~ The Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be constantly led astray by it, he resolved that God’s counsel should henceforth guide him. A sense of our own folly… (more…)

Evening’s With Charles Spurgeon ~ 08.31.24

“If we walk in the light, as He is in the light.”~ 1 John 1:7 ~ As He is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as He is whom we call “Our Father,” of whom it is written, “God is light, and in Him is… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 08.31.24

Divine, Ever-Living, Unchanging “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”~ 1 Peter 1:25 ~ All human teaching and, indeed, all human beings shall pass away as the grass of the meadow; but we are here assured that the Word of the Lord is of a… (more…)

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