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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, January 28 Perfect in Christ Jesus. Colossians 1:28 Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps imperfection; every harsh word which

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, January 27 And of his fulness have all we received. John 1:16 These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. There is a fulness of essential Deity, for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead. There is a

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, January 26 Your heavenly Father. Matthew 6:26 God's people are doubly his children, they are his offspring by creation, and they are his sons by adoption in Christ. Hence they are privileged to call him, Our Father which

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, January 24 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. Psalm 91:3 God delivers his people from the snare of the fowler in two senses. From, and out of. First, he delivers them from the snare--does not let them enter it; and

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Monday Morning, January 23 I have exalted one chosen out of the people. Psalm 89:19 Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that he might be able to be our brother, in the blest tie of

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, January 21 And so all Israel shall be saved. Romans 11:26 Then Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel were safe. Not a drop of spray fell from that solid wall until the last of

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, January 20 Abel was a keeper of sheep. Genesis 4:2 As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, January 19 I sought him, but I found him not. Song of Solomon 3:1 Tell me where you lost the company of a Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find him. Have you lost

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, January 18 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Hebrews 4:9 How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the immortal,

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, January 17 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion. Revelation 14:1 The apostle John was privileged to look within the gates of heaven, and in describing what he saw, he begins by saying, I looked, and, lo, a Lamb! This teaches

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, January 14 Mighty to save. Isaiah 63:1 By the words to save we understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire onward to complete sanctification. The words are multum in parro: indeed, here is all mercy in

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, January 13 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber 1 Kings 22:48 Solomon's ships had returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat's vessels never reached the land of

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, January 12 Ye are Christ's. 1 Corinthians 3:23 Ye are Christ's. You are his by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; his by his bloody purchase, for he counted down the price for your redemption; his by dedication, for you have

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, January 11 These have no root. Luke 8:13 My soul, examine thyself this morning by the light of this text. Thou hast received the word with joy; thy feelings have been stirred and a lively impression has been made; but, remember, that to

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, January 10 There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. 2 Timothy 4:8 Doubting one! thou hast often said, I fear I shall never enter heaven. Fear not! all the people of God shall enter there. I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Monday Morning, January 9 I will be their God. Jeremiah 31:33 Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, January 7 For me to live is Christ. Philippians 1:21 The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, January 6 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7 It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel-- HE careth for me. Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, January 5 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Genesis 1:4 Light might well be good since it sprang from that fiat of goodness, Let there be light. We who enjoy it should be more grateful for

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, January 4 Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18 Grow in grace --not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, January 3 I will give thee for a covenant of the people. Isaiah 49:8 Jesus Christ is himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as one of its gifts. He is the property of every believer. Believer, canst thou estimate what thou hast

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Sunday Morning, January 1 They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. Joshua 5:12 Israel's weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wildernesses:

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, December 31 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. John 7:37 Patience had her perfect work in the Lord Jesus, and until the last day of the feast he

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, December 31 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. John 7:37 Patience had her perfect work in the Lord Jesus, and until the last day of the feast he

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, December 30 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. Ecclesiastes 7:8 Look at David's Lord and Master; see his beginning. He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Would you see the end?

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, December 28 The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God. Galatians 2:20 When the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood, he first of all said, Live; and this he did first,

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, December 27 Can the rush grow up without mire? Job 8:11 The rush is spongy and hollow, and even so is a hypocrite; there is no substance or stability in him. It is shaken to and fro in every wind just as formalists yield to every influence;

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Morning, December 26 The last Adam. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Jesus is the federal head of his elect. As in Adam, every heir of flesh and blood has a personal interest, because he is the covenant head and representative of the race as considered under the law of

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, December 24 For your sakes he became poor. 2 Corinthians 8:9 The Lord Jesus Christ was eternally rich, glorious, and exalted; but though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. As the rich saint cannot be true in his communion with

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, December 23 Friend, go up higher. Luke 14:10 When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, but it is with great fear and trembling. The soul conscious of guilt, and humbled thereby, is overawed with the

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, December 22 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

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, December 21 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

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, December 20 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

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Monday Morning, December 19 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

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, December 16 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

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, December 15 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

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, December 14 They go from strength to strength. Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength. There are various renderings of these words, but all of them contain the idea of progress. Our own good translation of the

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, December 13 Salt without prescribing how much. Ezra 7:22 Salt was used in every offering made by fire unto the Lord, and from its preserving and purifying properties it was the grateful emblem of divine grace in the soul. It is worthy of

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Monday Morning, December 12 His ways are everlasting. Habakkuk 3:6 What he hath done at one time, he will do yet again. Man's ways are variable, but God's ways are everlasting. There are many reasons for this most comforting truth: among them are the

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, December 9 Therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you. Isaiah 30:18 God often delays in answering prayer . We have several instances of this in sacred Scripture. Jacob did not get the blessing from the angel until near the

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon  Wednesday Morning, December 7 Base things of the world hath God chosen. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Walk the streets by moonlight, if you dare, and you will see sinners then. Watch when the night is dark, and the wind is howling, and the picklock is grating in the

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, December 8 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. Revelation 3:4 We may understand this to refer to justification. They shall

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, December 6 As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Corinthians 15:48 The head and members are of one nature, and not like that monstrous image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream. The head was of fine

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Monday Morning, December 5 Ask, and it shall be given you. Matthew 7:7 We know of a place in England still existing, where a dole of bread is served to every passerby who chooses to ask for it. Whoever the traveller may be, he has but to knock at the door

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, December 3 There is no spot in thee. Song of Solomon 4:7 Having pronounced his Church positively full of beauty, our Lord confirms his praise by a precious negative, There is no spot in thee. As if the thought occurred to the Bridegroom that

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, December 2 Thou art all fair, my love. Song of Solomon 4:7 The Lord's admiration of his Church is very wonderful, and his description of her beauty is very glowing. She is not merely fair, but all fair. He views her in himself, washed in his

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, December 1 Thou hast made summer and winter. Psalm 74:17 My soul begin this wintry month with thy God. The cold snows and the piercing winds all remind thee that he keeps his covenant with day and night, and tend to

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, November 30 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. 2 Chronicles 25:9 A

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Monday Morning, November 28 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 3 John 3 The truth was in Gaius, and Gaius walked in the truth. If the first had not been the case, the

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, November 25 To preach deliverance to the captives. Luke 4:18 None but Jesus can give deliverance to captives. Real liberty cometh from him only. It is a liberty righteously bestowed; for the Son, who is Heir of all things, has a right to

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Spurgeon's Morning by Morning November 24 "The glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams." --Isaiah 33:21 Broad rivers and streams produce fertility, and abundance in the land. Places near broad rivers are remarkable for the variety of their plants and their plentiful harvests. God is all this to His Church.

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Spurgeon's Morning by Morning November 23   "Fellowship with Him." --1 John 1:6 When we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into such complete fellowship with Him, that we were made one with Him, and His interests and ours became mutual and identical. We have fellowship with Christ in His love. What He loves we

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, November 22 Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. Hosea 12:12 Jacob, while expostulating with Laban, thus describes his own toil, This twenty years have I been with thee. That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, November 19 Avoid foolish questions. Titus 3:9 Our days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance. The old schoolmen did a world of mischief

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, November 18 A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Song of Solomon 4:12 In this metaphor, which has reference to the inner life of a believer, we have very plainly the idea of secrecy. It is a spring shut up: just as there were springs in the

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, November 17 To whom be glory for ever. Amen Romans 11:36 To whom be glory for ever. This should be the single desire of the Christian. All other wishes must be subservient and tributary to this one. The Christian may wish

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon WednesdayMorning, November 16 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul. Lamentations 3:24 It is not The Lord is partly my portion, nor The Lord is in my portion ; but he himself makes up the sum total of my soul's

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, November 15 The Lord's portion is his people. Deuteronomy 32:9 How are they his? By his own sovereign choice. He chose them, and set his love upon them. This he did altogether apart from any goodness in them at the time, or any goodness

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, November 12 The trial of your faith. 1 Peter 1:7 Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials. Faith never prospers so well as when all things are

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How to Talk to God When You are Suffering By: Ed Welch [1]   Published: Aug 17, 2011   "Why is God doing this to me?" These words signal a spiritual train wreck in process. Any version of a "why" question, when it is directed to or about the God of the Bible, is terribly risky.

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, November 9 So walk ye in him. Colossians 2:6 If we have received Christ himself in our inmost hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate acquaintance with him by a walk of faith in him. Walking implies action. Our religion is not to

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Morning, November 8 As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord. Colossians 2:6 The life of faith is represented as receiving--an act which implies the very opposite of anything like merit. It is simply the acceptance of a gift. As the earth

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Monday Morning, November 7 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands. Isaiah 49:16 No doubt a part of the wonder which is concentrated in the word Behold, is excited by the unbelieving lamentation of the preceding sentence. Zion said, The Lord hath

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, November 4 For my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9 A primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God's work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God's warrior

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, November 5 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. Isaiah 54:17 This day is notable in English history for two great deliverances wrought by God for us. On this day the plot of the Papists to destroy our Houses of

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, November 4   For my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9   A primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God's work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God's

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, November 2 I am the Lord, I change not. Malachi 3:6 It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows.

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, November 1 The church in thy house. Philemon 2 Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members of it? or are some still unconverted? Let us pause here and let the question go round--Am I a member of

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Monday Morning, October 31 Renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 A backslider, if there be a spark of life left in him will groan after restoration. In this renewal the same exercise of grace is required as at our conversion. We needed repentance then

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, October 28 I have chosen you out of the world. John 15:19 Here is distinguishing grace and discriminating regard; for some are made the special objects of divine affection. Do not be afraid to dwell upon this high doctrine of election. When your

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, October 27 It is a faithful saying.      2 Timothy 2:11   Paul has four of these faithful sayings. The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, October 26 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Haggai 1:9 Churlish

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, October 25 For the truths sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. 2 John 2 Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man unto itself, no power human or infernal can dislodge it.

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, October 22 I will love them freely. Hosea 14:4 This sentence is a body of divinity in miniature. He who understands its meaning is a theologian, and he who can dive into its fulness is a true master in Israel. It is a condensation of the

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, October 21 The love of Christ constraineth us. 2 Corinthians 5:14 How much owest thou unto my Lord? Has he ever done anything for thee? Has he forgiven thy sins? Has he covered thee with a robe of righteousness? Has he set thy feet upon a

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, October 20 Grow up into him in all things. Ephesians 4:15 Many Christians remain stunted and dwarfed in spiritual things, so as to present the same appearance year after year. No up-springing of advanced and refined feeling is manifest in

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, October 19 Babes in Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:1 Are you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, October 18 Thy paths drop fatness. Psalm 65:11 Many are the paths of the Lord which drop fatness, but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me.

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, October 15 But who may abide the day of his coming? Malachi 3:2 His first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there were few who could abide its testing might. Herod and all Jerusalem with him were stirred

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, October 14 I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:8 Spiritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person's acquaintance with him

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, October 14 I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:8 Spiritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person's acquaintance with him

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, October 13 Godly sorrow worketh repentance. 2 Corinthians 7:10 Genuine, spiritual mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too choice a flower to grow in nature's garden. Pearls grow naturally in oysters, but

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, October 12 I will meditate in thy precepts. Psalm 119:15 There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, October 11 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. Lamentations 3:41 The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, October 8 Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Luke 5:4 We learn from this narrative, the necessity of human agency. The draught of fishes was miraculous, yet neither the fisherman nor his boat, nor his fishing tackle

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Morning, October 7 Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? Numbers 11:11 Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: the paste

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, October 6 Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. John 4:14 He who is a believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content him for evermore. The believer is not the man whose days

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, October 5 He arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights. 1 Kings 19:8 All the strength supplied to us by our gracious God is meant for service, not for wantonness or

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, October 4 At evening time it shall be light. Zechariah 14:7 Oftentimes we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at eventide it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, October 1 Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. Song of Solomon 7:13 The spouse desires to give to Jesus all that she produces. Our heart has all manner of pleasant fruits, both old and new, and they are

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, September 29 Behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague. Leviticus 13:13 Strange enough this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing out of the disease

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, October 29 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, etc. Matthew 6:9 This prayer begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit of adoption, Our Father. There is no acceptable prayer until we can say,

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, September 28 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. Psalm 33:13 Perhaps no figure of speech represents God in a more gracious light than when he is spoken of as stooping from his throne, and coming down from heaven

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, September 27 Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord! Deuteronomy 33:29 He who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it. It were strange indeed,

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, September 24 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Friday Morning, September 23 Accepted in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6   What a state of privilege! It includes our justification before God, but the term acceptance in the Greek means more than that. It signifies that we are the objects of divine

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Here is a link to a sermon that I gave at our church's Men's breakfast this past Sunday. Lessons From Zephaniah http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=921111140344 ==========================================================================   Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Thursday Morning, September 22

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Wednesday Morning, September 21 I will rejoice over them to do them good. Jeremiah 32:41 How heart-cheering to the believer is the delight which God has in his saints! We cannot see any reason in ourselves why the Lord should take pleasure in us;

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  Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Tuesday Morning, September 20 The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. Judges 7:20 Gideon ordered his men to do two things: covering up a torch in an earthen pitcher, he bade them, at an appointed signal, break the pitcher and let the light

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Morning and Evening: Daily Readings by C. H. Spurgeon Saturday Morning, September 17 Bring him unto me. Mark 9:19 Despairingly the poor disappointed father turned away from the disciples to their Master. His son was in the worst possible condition, and all means had failed, but the miserable child was soon

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