December 5, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: honor, follow, devotional, Spurgeon
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. (John 12:26)
The highest service is imitation. If I would be Christ's servant I must be His follower. ...
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November 27, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: devotional, Spurgeon, divine
Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. (Joshua 17:18)
It is a great encouragement to valor to be assured of victory, for then a man goes forth to war in confidence and ventures where else he had been afraid to go....
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November 20, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: forgiveness, devotional, pardon, Spurgeon
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever. (Psalm 103:9)
He will chide sometimes, or He would not be a wise Father for such poor, erring children as we are....
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November 13, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: supernatural, devotional, Spurgeon
In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. (Zechariah 12:8)...
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November 6, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: God's care, stumbling, walking, devotional, Spurgeon
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. (Psalm 121:3)
If the Lord will not suffer it, neither men nor devils can do it. How greatly would they rejoice if they could give us a disgraceful fall, drive us from our position, and bury us out of memory!...
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October 30, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: devotional, sanctification, Spurgeon
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:24)
What will He do? He will sanctify us wholly. See the previous verse. He will carry on the work of purification till we are perfect in every part. ...
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October 24, 2019
by Charles Spurgeon
| Tags: service, devotional, Jesus, Spurgeon
His servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their forehead. (Revelation 22:3-4)
Three choice blessings will be ours in the gloryland."His servants shall serve him." No other lords shall oppress us, no other service shall distress us....
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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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