Tag Archives: Devtional

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.15.15

Friday, May 15, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God’s High Places I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. (Psalm 91:14) Does the Lord say this to me? Yes, if I have known His name. Blessed be the Lord, I am no stranger to Him. I have tried Him, proved Him, and… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.14.15

Thursday, May 14, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Surgery for Healing Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (Hosea 6:1) It is the Lord’s way to tear before He heals. This is the honest love of His… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.13.15

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Day Is at Hand And I will give him the morning star. (Revelation 2:28) Until the day break and the shadows flee away, what a blessing it is to see in Jesus “the morning star”! I remember when we read in the newspapers the idle tale that the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.12.15

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Servants Honored Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored. (Proverbs 27:18) He who tends the fig tree has figs for his pains, and he who waits on a good master has honor as his reward.… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.11.15

Monday, May 11, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Wait for the Finals Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. (Genesis 49:19) Some of us have been like the tribe of Gad. Our adversaries for a while were too many for us; they came upon us like a troop. Yes, and… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.10.15

Sunday, May 10, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Fear Only God So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. (Hebrews 13:6) Because God will never leave nor forsake us, we may well be content with such things as we have. Since the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.09.15

Saturday, May 09, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Trust Means Joy For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. (Psalm 33:21) The root of faith produces the flower of heart-joy. We may not at the first rejoice, but it comes in due time. We trust the Lord when we… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.08.15

Friday, May 08, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Help Wanted Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. (Matthew 20:7) Yes, there is work in Christ’s vineyard for old bodies. It is the eleventh hour, and yet He will let us work. What grace is this! Surely every old man… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.07.15

Thursday, May 07, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Let No Evil Remain And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers. (Deuteronomy 13:17)… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.06.15

Wednesday, May 06, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Cure for Envy Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cast off. (Proverbs 23:17-18) When we see the wicked prosper we are apt to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.05.15

Tuesday, May 05, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Why Remain Captive The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity. (Deuteronomy 30:3) God’s own people may sell themselves into captivity by sin. A very bitter fruit is this, of an exceeding bitter root. What a bondage it is when the child of God is sold under sin,… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.04.15

Monday, May 04, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Victory in Reverses Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. (Micah 7:8) This may express the feelings of a man or woman downtrodden and oppressed. Our enemy may put… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.03.15

Sunday, May 03, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Listen for the Signal And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. (2 Samuel 5:24)… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.02.15

Saturday, May 02, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Spiritual Sowing He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6:8) Sowing looks like a losing business, for we put good corn into the ground never to see it anymore. Sowing to the Spirit seems a very fanciful, dreamy business; for we… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 05.01.15

Friday, May 01, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Full of Song The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. (Isaiah 55:12) When sin is pardoned, our greatest sorrow is ended, and our truest pleasure begins. Such is the joy which the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.30.15

Thursday, April 30, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon The Overcomer’s Reward To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. (Revelation 2:17) My heart, be thou stirred up… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.29.15

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Forget and Forgive Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. (Proverbs 20:22) Be not in haste. Let anger cool down. Say nothing and do nothing to avenge yourself. You will be sure to act unwisely if you take… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.28.15

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon It Becomes Mutual I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (2 Corinthians 6:16) Here is a mutual interest. Each belongs to each. God is the portion of His people, and the chosen people are… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.27.15

Monday, April 27, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Finished His Work The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. (Psalm 138:8) He who has begun will carry on the work which is being wrought within my soul. The Lord is concerned about everything that concerns me. All that is now good, but not perfect, the… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.26.15

Sunday, April 26, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Gracious Dealing And the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. (Deuteronomy 15:18) An Israelitish master was to give his bondservant liberty in due time, and when he left his service he was to start him in life with a liberal portion, This was… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.25.15

. Saturday, April 25, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon What to Leave Children The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. (Proverbs 20:7) Anxiety about our family is natural, but we shall be wise if we turn it into care about our own character. If we walk before the Lord in… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.24.15

Friday, April 24, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Condition of Blessing Bring ye all of the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.23.15

Thursday, April 23, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon No Fear of Death He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; he that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. (Revelation 2:11) The first death we must endure unless the Lord should suddenly come to His temple. For… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.22.15

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Power to Raise The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down. (Psalm l46:8) Am I bowed down? Then let me urge this word of grace before the Lord. It is His way, His custom, His promise, His delight, to raise… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.21.15

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon God Repays He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. (Proverbs 19:17) We are to give to the poor out of pity. Not to be seen and applauded, much less to get influence over… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.20.15

Monday, April 20, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon By Faith Not Feeling The just shall live by faith. (Romans 1:17) I shall not die, I can, I do, believe in the Lord my God, and this faith will keep me alive. I would be numbered among those who in their lives are just; but even if… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.19.15

Sunday, April 19, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon An Expert Searcher For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. (Ezekiel 34:11) This He does at the first when His elect are like wandering sheep that know not the Shepherd or the fold. How wonderfully doth… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.18.15

Saturday, April 18, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Never Fails I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. (Joshua 1:5) This word to Joshua is often quoted; it is the basis of that New Testament word “He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Beloved, a life… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.17.15

Friday, April 17, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Enemies at Peace When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Proverbs 16:7) I must see that my ways please the Lord. Even then I shall have enemies; and, perhaps, all the more certainly because I endeavor to… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.16.15

Thursday, April 16, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon All Turned to Holiness In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord, (Zechariah 14:20) Happy day when all things shall be consecrated, and the horses’ bells shall ring out holiness to the Lord! That day has come to me. Do… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.15.15

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Desires of Righteous Granted The desires of the righteous shall be granted. (Proverbs 10:24) Because it is a righteous desire it is safe for God to grant it. It would be neither good for the man himself, nor for society at large, that such a promise should be… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.14.15

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon My Choice Is His Choice He shall choose our inheritance for us. (Psalm 47:4) Our enemies would allot us a very dreary portion, but we are not left in their hands. The Lord will cause us to stand in our lot, and our place is appointed by His… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.13.15

Monday, April 13, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon This Body Fashioned Anew Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body. (Philippians 3:21) Often when we are racked with pain and unable to think or worship, we feel that this indeed is “the body of our humiliation,” and when… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.12.15

Sunday, April 12, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon He Remembers No More For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (Jeremiah 31:34) When we know the Lord, we receive the forgiveness of sins. We know Him as the God of grace, passing by our transgressions. What a joyful discovery is… (more…)

Faith’s Check Book ~ C.H. Spurgeon 04.11.15

Saturday, April 11, 2015 Faith’s Check Book, Daily Entry C. H. Spurgeon Close Fellowship And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 31:34) Truly, whatever else we do not… (more…)

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