Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgen)

                                                          Rules for Prosperity

  "Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go."
                                                                                                                                    ~Joshua 1:17

   "Yes, the Lord will be with us in our holy war, but He demands that we strictly follow His rules. Our victories will depend upon our obeying Him with all our heart, throwing strength and courage into the actions of our faith. If we are half-hearted, we cannot expect more than half a blessing.

   we must obey the Lord with care and thoughtfulness. "Observe to do" is the phrase used, and it is full of meaning. This is referred to every part of the divine will; we must obey with universal readiness. Our rule of conduct is "according to all the law." We may not pick and choose, but we must take the Lord's commands as they come, one and all. In all this we must go on with exactness and constancy. With such obedience there will come spiritual prosperity." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgen)

                                                  Go and Take Your Property

Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and posses it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.
                                                                                ~ Deuteronomy 1:21

  "There is a heritage of grace that we ought to be bold enough to win for our possession. All that one believer has gained is free to another. We may be strong in faith, fervent in love, and abundant in labor; there is nothing to prevent it. Let us go up and take possession. The sweetest experience and the brightest grace are as much for us as for any of our brethren. Jehovah has set it before us; no one can deny our right.

  The world also lies before us to be conquered for the Lord Jesus. We are not to leave any country or corner of it unsubdued. We have only to summon courage enough to go forward, and we shall win dark homes and hard hearts for Jesus. No spot is too benighted, no person so profane as to be beyond the power of grace. Cowardice, be gone! Faith marches to the conquest." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgen)

                                                               Law in the Heart

           The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
                                                                                      ~ Psalm 37:31

 "Put the law into the heart, and the whole man is right. This is where the law should be, for in the head it puzzles, on the back it burdens, in the heart it upholds. God with us in covenant makes us eager to obey His will and walk in His commands.
  We are here guaranteed that obedient-hearted man shall be sustained, he will do that which is right, and he shall do that which is wise. Holy action is always the most prudent, though it may not at the time seem to be so.

  The Word of God has never misled a single soul yet; it's plain directions to walk humbly, justly, lovingly, and in the fear of the Lord are as much words of wisdom to make our way prosperous as rules of holiness to keep our garments clean. He walks surely who walks righteously." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgen)

                                                       He Blesses and Keeps

                           The Lord bless you and keep you.
                                                                                                          ~ Numbers 6:24

   "What a joy to abide under the divine blessing! This puts a gracious flavor into all things. If we are blessed, then all our possessions and enjoyments are blessed; even our losses and disappointments are blessed! God's blessing is deep, emphatic, and effectual. A man's blessing may begin and end in word's, but the blessing of the Lord makes rich and sanctifies.
  It is equally a delightful thing to be kept of God: kept by Him, kept near Him, kept in Him: They are kept indeed whom God keeps: they are preserved from evil; they are reserved unto boundless happiness. God's keeping goes with His blessing to establish it and cause it to endure.

  May the rich blessing and sure keeping here pronounced come upon every reader who may at this moment be looking at these lines. Please breathe the text to God as a prayer for His servants." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Mintue Devotions)

Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgen)

                               The Right To Holy Things

 If the priest buys a person with his money, he may eat it; and one who is born in his house may eat his food.
                                                                               ~ Leviticus 22:11


  "Strangers, sojourners, and servants were not to eat of holy things. But two classes were free at the sacred table, those who were bought with the priest's money, and those who were born into the priest's house. These were the two indisputable proofs of a right to holy things.

  Bought. Our great High Priest has bought with a price all those who put their trust in Him. They are His absolute property and "they may eat his food." Because you belong to Christ, you will share with your Lord.

  Born. If born in the Priest's house, we take our place with the rest of the family. Regeneration makes us fellow heirs, and of the same body; and, therefore, the peace, joy, and glory, which the Father has given to Christ, Christ has given to us. Redemption and regeneration have given us a double claim to the divine permit of this promise." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgen)

                                                        Speak What He Teaches

"Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say."
                                                                                   ~ Exodus 4:12


  "Many a true servant of the Lord is slow of speech, and when called upon to plead for his Lord, he is in great confusion lest he should spoil a good cause by his bad advocacy. But remember, the Lord made the tongue! Lack of fluency is not so great a lack as it looks. Fewness of words may sometimes be more of a blessing than floods of words.

  If God be with our mouths and with our minds, we shall have something better than the sounding brass of eloquence or the tinkling cymbal of persuasion. Pharaoh had more reason to be afraid of stammering Moses than of the most fluent talker in Egypt, for what he said had power in it; he spoke plagues and deaths. If the Lord be with us in our natural weakness, we shall be strengthened with supernatural power. Therefore, let us speak for Jesus boldly, as we ought to." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions) 

Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgen)

                                 Covenant Reaches Children

"I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you."
                                                                                   ~ Genesis 17:7

  "Lord, You have made a covenant with me, Your servant, in Christ Jesus; and now, I implore You, let my children be included in its gracious provisions. Permit me to believe this promise as made to me as well as to Abraham. I know that my children are born in sin; therefore, I ask nothing on the ground of their birth, for well I know that "that which is born of flesh is flesh," (John 3:6) and nothing more. Lord, make them to be born under Your covenant of grace by Your Holy Spirit!
  I pray for my descendants throughout all generations. Be their God as You are mine. My highest honor is that You have permitted me to serve You; may my offspring serve You in all years to come.
  Let not one of those who fear Your name be tried with a godless household." (Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devtions)