October 17, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: sin, save, Spurgeon, devotional
He shall save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21)
Lord, save me from my sins. By the name of Jesus I am encouraged thus to pray. Save me from my past sins, that the habit of them may not hold me captive....
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October 10, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: forgiveness, devotional, promise, Spurgeon
Called by the name of the Lord, we are nevertheless erring men and women. What a mercy it is that our God is ready to forgive! Whenever we sin let us hasten to the mercy seat of our God, seeking pardon.
We are to humble ourselves. Should we not be humbled by the fact that after receiving so much love we yet transgress? O Lord, we bow before Thee in the dust and own our gr...
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September 25, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: Spurgeon, devotional, glory, Christ Jesus
He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
John 16:14 (ESV)
The Holy Ghost Himself cannot better glorify the Lord Jesus than by showing to us Christ's own things. Jesus is His own best commendation. There is no adorning Him except with his own gold....
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September 19, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: devotional, Spurgeon, rivers, galleys
But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.(Isaiah 33:21)
The Lord will be to us the greatest good without any of the drawbacks which seem necessarily to attend the best earthly things. ...
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September 11, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: shelter, safe, devotional, Spurgeon
And a man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind and a covert from the tempest.(Isaiah 32:2)
Who this Man is we all know. Who could He be but the Second Man, the Lord from heaven, the man of sorrows, the Son of Man?...
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August 22, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: devotional, rest, Spurgeon, truth
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 34:15)
Under the divine shepherdry saints are fed to the full. Theirs is not a windy, unsatisfying mess of mere human "thought," but the Lord feeds them upon the solid, substantial truth of divine revelation. ...
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August 15, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: finders, seekers, devotional, Spurgeon
"If you seek him, he will be found by you." 1 Chronicles 28:9 (ESV)
We need our God; He is to be had for the seeking, and He will not deny Himself to any one of us if we personally seek His face....
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July 18, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
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Sword and the Trowel | Tags: Spurgeon, devotional, shine, stars, wisdom
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;
and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
(Daniel 12:3)
Here is something to wake me up. This is worth living for. To be wise is a noble thing in itself....
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July 11, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: Spurgeon, devotional, burdens
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee;
he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. (Psalm 55:22)
It is a heavy burden; roll it on Omnipotence. It is thy burden now, and it crushes thee; but when the Lord takes it, He will make nothing of it....
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July 4, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: worship, Spurgeon, devotional
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. (Isaiah 49:13)
So sweet are the comforts of the Lord, that not only the saints themselves may sing of them, but even the heavens and the earth may take up the song....
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