A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Open Your Mouth 'Open your mo..."

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

                                                                          Open Your Mouth

                                    "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."
                                                                                        ~ Psalm 81:10

  "What an encouragement to pray! The Lord would have us request great blessings! When a man is earnest, he opens his mouth wide, and our text urges us to be fervent in our supplications.
  Yet it also means that we may be bold with God and ask large blessings at His hands. Read the whole verse, "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." Because the Lord has given us so much, He invites us to ask for more.
  See how the little birds in their nests seem to be all mouth when the mother comes to feed them. Let it be the same with us. God is ready to fill us if we are only ready to be filled. The opened mouth shall be filled by the Lord Himself. So be it unto us, Lord, today." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " To Glorify Christ Jesus 'He will glorify Me, for He will take of..."

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                                                                       To Glorify Christ Jesus

    "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you."
                                                                                          ~ John 16:14

  "The Holy Ghost Himself cannot better glorify the Lord 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.
  The Comforter shows us that which He has received of the Lord Jesus. He has a way of opening our minds and of opening the Scriptures, and by this double process He sets forth our Lord to us. He shows us the things themselves and this is a great privilege.
  Let us seek the illumination of the Spirit, not to gratify our curiosity, or to bring personal comfort, but to glorify the Lord Jesus. Oh, to have worthy ideas of Him; to have such vivid impressions of His person, work, and glory that we may with heart and soul cry out His praise! Where there is a heart enriched by the Holy Ghost's teaching, there will be a Savior glorified beyond expression." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Work Is Done; Rest in Him There remains therefore a rest for..."

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

                                                           Work Is Done; Rest in Him

                    There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
                                                                                        ~ Hebrews 4:9

  "God has provided a Sabbath, and it remains for the people of God to enter into it.
  Come, then, let us labor to enter into this rest. Let us cease from our own works, as God did from His. Let us find solace in the finished work of our Lord Jesus. Everything is fully done: justice demands no more. Great peace is our portion in Christ Jesus.
  As to the work of grace in the soul, and the work of the Lord in the souls of others, let us cast these burdens upon the Lord and rest in Him. When the Lord gives us a yoke to bear, He does so that by taking it up we may find rest. By faith we labor to enter into the rest of God, and we renounce all rest in self-satisfaction or indolence. Jesus Himself is perfect rest, and we are filled to the brim in Him." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " The Divine Light in Darkness ..."

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

                                                                The Divine Light in Darkness

                                                   You will light my lamp.     
                                                                                       ~ Psalm 18:28

  "It may be that my soul sits in darkness; if this be of a spiritual kind, no human power can bring me light. But God can enlighten my darkness, and at once light my candle. Even though I may be surrounded by a darkness that can be felt, He can break the gloom and make it bright around me.
  The mercy is that if He lights the candle, none can blow it out; neither will it go out for lack of substance nor burn out of itself after many hours. The lights that the Lord kindled in the beginning are shining still.
  Let me then, like the nightingale, sing in the dark. Expectation shall furnish me with music, and hope shall pitch the tune. Whatever has made my darkness now; God will bring the light. My eyes are unto Him alone. I shall soon have the candles of the Lord shining about me. Hallelujah!" (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Among the Redeemed There! A people dwelling alone, not reckoning it..."

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                                                                        Among the Redeemed

There! A people dwelling alone, not reckoning itself among the nations.
                                                                                 ~ Numbers 23:9

  "Who would wish to dwell among the nations and to be numbered with them?
  The Lord would have His people follow a separate path as to the world. We are set apart by the divine decree, purchase, and calling, and our inward experience has made us greatly to differ from men of the world. Therefore, our place is not with them, but in the narrow way where all true pilgrims must follow their Lord.
  This may not reconcile us to the world's cold shoulder and sneers, but our names are not in the same book; we are not of the same seed; we are not bound for the same place; neither are we trusting to the same guide.
  Therefore, it is well that we are not of their number. Only let us be found in the number of the redeemed, and we are content to be odd and solitary to the end of the chapter." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " The Sacrifice Has Been Accepted If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not..."

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                                                           The Sacrifice Has Been Accepted

If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things.
                                                                                       ~ Judges 13:23

  "This is a sort of promise deduced by logic. It was not likely that the Lord had revealed to Manoah and his wife that a son would be born to them, and yet had it in His heart to destroy them. Let us, too, follow this line of argument.
  The Father has accepted the great sacrifice of Calvary and has declared Himself well pleased. The Lord has shown us our election, our adoption, our union to Christ, our marriage to the well-beloved: how can He now destroy us?
  The promises are loaded with blessings, which necessitate our being preserved unto eternal life. It is not possible for the Lord to cast us away and yet fulfill His covenant. The past assures us, and the future reassures us." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " The Life-Giving Stream It shall be that every living thing that moves, wher..."

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                                                                The Life-Giving Stream

It shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live.
                                                                                         ~ Ezekiel 47:9

  "The living waters in the prophet's vision flowed into the Dead Sea and carried life with them, even into that stagnant lake. Where grace goes, spiritual life is the immediate and everlasting consequence. Grace proceeds sovereignly according to the will of God, even as a river in all its windings follows its own sweet will; and wherever it comes it does not wait for life to come to it, but it creates life by its own quickening flow.
  Lord, let the living water flow to my family and  my friends, and let it not pass me by. I desire to bathe in it, to swim in it. I need life more abundantly. Come to me, till every part of my nature is vividly energetic and intensely active. Living God, fill me with Your own life, that, like Aaron's rod, I may bud and blossom and bring forth fruit unto Your glory." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Deliverance from Dust and Chaff 'Surely I will command, and will sift the house of I..."

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                                                       Deliverance from Dust and Chaff

"Surely I will command, and will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground."
                                                                                            ~ Amos 9:9

  "The sifting process is going on still. Wherever we go, we are still being winnowed and sifted. God's people are being tried "as grain is sifted in a sieve." Sometimes the devil holds the sieve and tosses us up and down with the earnest desire to get rid of us forever. The world lends a willing hand at the same process and shakes us to the right and to the left with great vigor.

  Well, let it go on. Thus is the chaff severed from the wheat. Thus is the wheat delivered from dust and chaff. And how great is the mercy that comes to us in the text, "yet not the preserved that is good, true, gracious. Not one of the least of believers shall be lost; neither shall any believer lose anything worth calling a loss." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Broad Rivers without Galley There the majestic Lord will be for us a place ..."

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

                                                                Broad Rivers without Galley

There the majestic Lord will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will sail, nor majestic ships pass by.
                                                                                        ~ Isaiah 33:21

  "The Lord will bring to us the greatest good without any of the drawbacks. If a city is favored with broad rivers, it is liable to be attacked by other ships of war. But when the Lord represents the abundance of His bounty, He takes care to shut out fear.
  Lord, if You  send me wealth, do not let the galley with oars come up in the shape of worldliness or pride. If I have success in holy service, let me never find the galley of self-conceit and self-confidence floating on the waves of my usefulness. Should I be so supremely happy as to enjoy the light of Your countenance year after year, let me never despise Your feeble saints or allow the vain notion of my own perfection to sail up the broad rivers of my full assurance. Lord, give me that blessing which makes rich without adding sorrow or sin." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Let Trials Bless ..."

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

                                                                                 Let Trials Bless

                                         Knowing that tribulation worketh patience.
                                                                                         ~ Romans 5:3

  "This is a promise in essence; we have need of patience, and here we see the way of getting it. It is only by enduring that we learn to endure. You could not learn patience without trouble. Is it not worthwhile to suffer tribulation for the sake of gaining a mind that quietly acquiesces the will of God?
  Tribulation in itself works petulance, unbelief, and rebellion. It is only by the sacred alchemy of grace that it is made to work in us patience. We do not thresh the wheat to lay the dust: yet the flail of tribulation does this upon God's floor.
  Oh, for grace to let my trials bless me! Why should I wish to halt their  gracious operation? Lord, I ask You to remove my affliction, but I beseech You ten times more to remove my impatience. Precious Jesus, with Your cross engrave the image of Your patience on my heart." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Perfect Willingness Your people shall be voluntee..."

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                                                                        Perfect Willingness

                  Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power.
                                                                                          ~Psalm110:3

  "Blessed be the God of grace that it is so! He has a people whom He has chosen from of old to be His peculiar portion. When the day of His power comes and grace displays its omnipotence, they become willing to repent and to believe in Jesus. None are saved unwillingly, but the will is made sweetly to yield itself. What a wonderous power is this, which never violates the will, and yet rules it!
  Now are we willing to be, to do, or to suffer as the Lord wills. If at any time we grow rebellious, He has but to come to us with power, and straightaway we run in the way of His commands with all our hearts. I am willing, I am wholly at Your disposal, Lord; willing and eager to be used for Your holy purposes. O Lord, give me power, as You give me will." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " The Reason for Singing The Lord your God in your midst,the Mighty One,..."

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                                                                     The Reason for Singing

The Lord your God in your midst,the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
                                                                                    ~ Zephaniah 3:17

  "What a word is this! Jehovah God in the center of His people, in all the majesty of His power! This presence alone suffices to inspire us with peace and hope.
  We not only have His presence, but He is engaged upon His choice work of salvation. "He will save." Let us not fear any danger for He is mighty to save.
  Nor is this all. He abides evermore the same; He loves, He finds rest in loving, and He will not cease to love. His love gives Him joy. He even finds a theme for song in His beloved. This is exceedingly wonderful. Jehovah Jesus sings a marriage song over His chosen bride. She is to Him His love, His joy, His rest, His song. O Lord Jesus, by Your immeasurable love to us, teach us to love You, to rejoice in You, and to sing unto You, our Life-psalm." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Complete Safety Of Benjamin he said: 'The beloved of the Lord sha..."

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Complete Safety Of Benjamin he said: 'The beloved of the Lord sha..."

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

                                                                          Complete Safety

Of Benjamin he said: "The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him, who shelters him all the day long; and he shall dwell between His shoulders."
                                                                              ~ Deuteronomy 33:12

  "Yes, there is no safety like that which comes of dwelling near to God. For His best beloved, the Lord can find no surer or safer place. Lord, let me always abide under Your shadow. Nearer and nearer would I come to You, my Lord; and when once especially near You, I would abide there forever.
  What a covering the Lord gives to His chosen! Jehovah Himself will cover us. Nothing can come at us when we are thus covered. This covering the Lord will grant us all the day long, however long the day. Lord, let me abide this day consciously beneath this canopy of love, this pavilion of sovereign power.
  The Lord is the support and strength of His saints. Lord, let me ever enjoy  Your help, and then my arms will be sufficient for me." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Like Palm and Cedar The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shal..."

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                                                                 Like Palm and Cedar

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
                                                                                  ~ Psalm 92:12

  "Palms and cedars are "trees of the Lord," and it is by His care that they flourish. So it is with the saints of the Lord; they are His own care. These trees are evergreen and are beautiful in all seasons. Believers are not sometimes holy and sometimes ungodly; they stand in the beauty of the Lord under all weathers. The followers of Jesus are the observed of all observers; like a city set on a hill, they cannot be hid.
  The child of God flourishes like a palm tree, which pushes all its strength upward. It has no growth to the right or left, but sends all its force heavenward and bears its fruit as near the sky as possible.
  The cedar braves all storms and grows near the eternal snows, the Lord Himself filling it with a sap that keeps its heart warm and its bough strong. Lord, so let it be with me." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Reward Is Certain 'Whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold wat..."

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                                                           Reward Is Certain

"Whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward."
                                                                                     ~ Matthew 10:42

  "I can do that. I can do a kind act toward the Lord's servant. For the sake of the Master, I love the disciples.
  How gracious of the Lord to mention so insignificant an action as giving a cup of cold water only! This I can do, however poor; this I may do, however lowly; this I will do, cheerfully. This, which seems so little, the Lord notices when done to the least of His followers. It is not the cost, the skill, or the quantity that He looks at, but the motive: that which we do to a disciple, because he is a disciple, according to the riches of His grace.
  I give a cup of cold water, and He makes me to drink of living water. I give to one of His little ones, and He treats me as one of them. He says, "He shall by no means lose his reward."" (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " The Safest Shelter A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the temp..."

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                                                The Safest Shelter

A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest.
                                                                                          ~ Isaiah 32:2

  "Who could this Man be but the Son of Man? What a hiding place He has been to His people! He bears the full force of the wind Himself, sheltering those who hide in Him. Why do we stand in the wind when we may so readily and so surely get out of it by hiding behind our Lord? Let us run to Him and be at peace.
  Often the wind of trouble rises in its force and becomes a tempest, sweeping everything before it. Things that looked firm, rock in the blast. Our Lord Jesus, the glorious Man, is a cover that is never blown down. In Him we mark the tempest sweeping by, but we ourselves rest in delightful serenity.
  Today let us stow ourselves away in our hiding place, and sit and sing under the protection of our Cover. How we love You, Jesus! You are a shelter in the storm." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Mark of Divine Approval Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for whe..."

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                                                                  Mark of Divine Approval
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
                                                                                           ~ James 1:1

  "Yes, he is blessed while he is enduring the trial. No eye can see this till he has been anointed with heavenly eye salve. But he must endure it, without rebelling against God, or turning aside from his integrity. He is blessed who has gone through the fire and has not been consumed.
  When the test is over, then comes the hallmark of divine approval, "the crown of life." Life is the reward: not mere being, but holy, happy, true existence - the realization of the divine purpose concerning us.
  The Lord has promised the crown of life to those who love Him. Only lovers of the Lord will hold out in the hour of trial; the rest will either sink or sulk, or slink back to the world. Do you love the Lord? Truly? Deeply? Wholly? Then that love will be tried, but many waters will not quench it, neither will the floods drown it." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " The Dew of Heaven ..."

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                                                                   The Dew of Heaven

                                                         His heavens shall also drop dew.
                                                                              ~ Deuteronomy 33:28

  "How greatly do I need the dew of the Spirit! Without the Spirit of God I am a dry and withered thing. How sweetly does this dew refresh me! When once favored with it, I feel happy, lively, vigorous, elevated. I want nothing more. The Holy Spirit brings me life and all that life requires. When He be dews me, every means of grace is sweet and profitable.
  What a promise is this for me! "His heavens shall also drop dew." I shall be visited with grace. May I, at this very hour, feel the gentle, silent, saturating dew of the Lord! He who has made me to live as the grass lives in the meadow will treat me as He treats the grass; He will refresh me from above. Grass cannot call for dew as I do. Surely the Lord who visits the unpraying plant will answer to His pleading child." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " What of My House? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and..."

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                                                         What of My House?

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.
                                                                              ~ Acts 16:31

  "This verse would suit me if I was dying, and it is all that I need while I am living. I look away from self, and I trust the Lord Jesus. I believe in Him; I rest on Him; I accept Him to be my all.
  Lord, I would not run away with half a promise when You give a whole one. I implore You, save all my "household." Save the nearest and dearest. Be gracious to all who dwell under my roof or work for me. You make this promise to me personally if I believe in the Lord Jesus; I ask You, do as You have said.
  I would go over in my prayer every day the names of all my brothers and sisters, parents, children, friends, relatives, and servants and give You no rest till that word is fulfilled, "and your household."" (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Sufferers Make Strong Believers It is good for a man to bear the yok..."

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                                         Sufferers Make Strong Believers

                              It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.
                                                                              ~ Lamentations 3:27

  "This is as good as a promise. It has been good, it is good, and it will be good for me to bear the yoke.

  The yoke of censure is an irksome one, but it prepares a man for future honor. He is not fit to be a leader who has not run the gauntlet of contempt. Praise intoxicates if it be not preceded by abuse. Men who rise to eminence without a struggle usually fall into dishonor.
  The yoke of affliction, disapointment, and excessive labor is by no means to be means to be sought for; but when the Lord lays it on us in our youth, it frequently develops a character that glorifies God and blesses the Church.
  Come my soul, bow your neck; take up your cross. It was good for you when young; it will not harm you now. For Jesus' sake, shoulder it cheerfully." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Coming In, Going Out 'Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when ..."

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                                                Coming In, Going Out

"Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out."
                                                                               ~ Deuteronomy 28:6

  "If I keep the commands of my Lord, I may appropriate this promise without question.

  This day I will come into my house without fear of evil tidings, and I will come into my closet expecting to hear good news from my Lord. I will not be afraid to come in unto myself by self-examination, nor to come into my affairs by a diligent inspection of my business. Oh, for the blessing of the Lord Jesus, who has promised to abide with me.
  I must also go out. Timidity makes me wish that I could stay within doors and never go into the sinful world. But I must go out in my calling; I must be a defender of the faith and an assailant of evil. Oh, for a blessing upon my going out this day!
  Lord, let me go where You lead, on Your errands, under Your command, and in the power of Your Spirit." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Fear Has Its Place Happy is the man th..."

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                                                         Fear Has Its Place

                                            Happy is the man that feareth always.
                                                                                  ~ Proverbs 28:14

  "The fear of the Lord is the beginning and the foundation of all true religion. He is happy who feels a jealous fear of doing wrong. Holy fear looks not only before it leaps, but even before it moves. It is afraid of error, of neglecting duty, of committing sin. It fears ill company, loose talk, and questionable policy. He who foresees evil and escapes it is happier than he who walks carelessly on and is destroyed.

  Fear of God is a quiet grace that leads a man along a choice road, of which it is written, "No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it" (Isa.35:9). In both senses he that "feareth always" is made happy. Solomon had tried both worldliness and holy fear: in the one he found vanity, in the other happiness. Let us not repeat his trial, but abide by his verdict." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Broken and Smoking A bruised reed He will not break, and sm..."

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                                                         Broken and Smoking


                      A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench.
                                                                                                                           ~ Isaiah 42:3

  "Then I may reckon upon tender treatment from my Lord. Indeed, I feel to be at best as weak, as a pliant, as worthless as a reed. Alas! I am worse than a reed when it grows by the river, for that at least can hold up its head. I am bruised; sorely, sadly bruised. There is no music in me now. yet Jesus will not break me; and if He will not, then I mind little what others try to do. Compassionate Lord, I nestle down beneath Your protection and forget my bruises!
  Truly I am also fit to be likened to the "smoking flax," whose light is gone, and only its smoke remains. I fear I am rather a nuisance than a benefit. Yet Jesus will not quench me; therefore, I am hopeful. Lord, kindle me anew and cause me to shine forth to Your glory, and to the extolling of Your tenderness." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " The Reach of Almighty Grace And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to t..."

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                                                  The Reach of Almighty Grace

And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, "You are not My people," there it shall be said to them, "You are sons of the living God."
                                                                                     ~ Hosea 1:10

  "Sovereign grace can make strangers into sons, and the Lord here declares His purpose to deal thus with rebels. Let us join hands and hearts in praising Him.
  Some of us were so ungodly that the Lord's Word said to our conscience and heart, "You are not My people." Truly a sad, condemning voice it was.

  But now, in the same places from the same ministry and scripture, we hear a voice saying, "You are the sons of the living God." Does it not give us hope for others? Who is beyond the reach of almighty grace? How can we despair of any, since the Lord has wrought so marvelous a change in us?
  He who has kept this one great promise will keep every other; therefore, let us go forward with songs of adoration and confidence." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " A Strong Heart Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say,..."

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

                                      A Strong Heart

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!
                                                                                   ~ Psalm 27:14

  "Wait! Wait! Let your waiting be on the Lord! He is worth waiting for. He never disappoints the waiting soul.

  While waiting, keep up your spirits. Expect a great deliverance, and be ready to praise God for it. "He shall strengthen your heart." This goes at once to the place where you need help. If the heart be sound, all the rest of the system will work well. The heart wants calming and cheering, and both of these will come if it be strengthened. A forceful heart rests and rejoices and throbs force into the whole man.

  God is full of strength, and therefore, He can impart it to those who need it. Be brave; for the Lord will impart His strength to you, and you shall be calm in tempest and glad in sorrow.

  Wait on the Lord. I know by long and deep experience that it is good to wait upon the Lord." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)
 

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " With Me Wherever I Am ..."

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

                                                                With Me Wherever I Am

                                                                                           The Lord is with you.
                                                                                                                   ~ 2 Chronicles 20:17

 "If the Lord be with me, it matters little who may desert me. If the Lord be with me, I shall conquer in the battle of life. How can I be sure that the Lord is with me?
  For certain He is with me if I am with Him. If I trust in His faithfulness, believe His words, and obey His commands, He is assuredly with me. If I live to honor God, I may be sure that He will honor me.
  If I have placed my soul in the hands of God's only-begotten-Son, then I may be sure that the Father will put forth all His power to preserve me, that His Son may not be dishonored.
  Lord, fulfill this word to me! Be with me in the house, in the street, in the field, in the shop, in the company, and alone. Be with all Your people." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): "Victory without Battle 'Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them..."

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

Victory without Battle

          "Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword or battle, by horses or horsemen."
                                                                                                     ~ Hosea 1:7

  "Jehovah Himself will deliver His people, but He will not do it by the ordinary means. Men are slow to render to God the glory due unto His name. If they go to battle with sword and bow, and win, they magnify their own right arm and glory in their horses and horsemen. For this reason our Jehovah often determines to save His people without second means, that all the honor may be to Himself alone.
  Look to the Lord alone, and not to man. Expect to see God all the more clearly when there is no one else to look to. If I have no one at my back, let me be confdent if I can feel that the Lord is on my side. Why do I ask for horses and horsemen if Jehovah Himself lifts up His arm for my defense? Let me trust and not be afraid from this day forth." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Out of Spiritual Death 'Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My peo..."

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

                                   Out of Spiritual Death

"Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves."
                                                                                ~ Ezekiel 37:13

  "This is the greatest and most remarkable of all changes - to be brought out of the grave of spiritual death, and made to rejoice in the light and liberty of spiritual life. None could work this but the living God.

  How well do I remember when I was in the valley full of dry bones! Blessed was the day when sovereign grace sent a man of God to prophesy upon me! Glory be to God for the stirring which that word of faith caused among the dry bones. More blessed still was that heavenly breath from the four winds that made me live!
  My new life, even in its pinings and sorrowings, is clear proof to me that the Lord can kill and make alive. He is the only God, and my quickened soul adores Him as the great I AM. As long as I live I will praise Him." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Follow to Know Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. ..."

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

                                         Follow to Know

                 Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
                                                                              ~ Hosea 6:3

  "Not all at once, but by degrees shall we attain to holy knowledge, little by little. We need not despair, though our progress may be slow, for the Lord will not give us up, however slow of understanding we may be. The Lord delights to make the simple wise.
  To know the Triune God, this is life eternal: let us keep to this, for then we shall gain complete instruction. By following on to know the Lord, we learn healing after being torn, and life after death. Experience has its perfect work when the heart follows the trackway of the Lord.
  My soul, keep close to Jesus, follow on to know Him, and so you will come to the knowledge of Christ, which is the most excellent of all the sciences. The Holy Ghost will lead you into all truth. Is not this His gracious office? Rely upon Him to fulfill it.
                                                                                                                 

  

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

A Word of Inspiration: Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon): " Abiding in Obedience and Love 'If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love.' ..."

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

                            Abiding in Obedience and Love

          "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love."
                                                                           ~ John 15:10

  "These things cannot be parted - abiding in obedience and abiding in the love of Jesus. We must keep our Lord's command if we would bask in His love.

  Conscious enjoyment of our Lord's love is a delicate thing. When we are tender of heart and careful in thought, mouth, and life to honor our Lord Jesus, then we receive tokens of His love without number. If we desire to perpetuate such bliss, we must perpetuate holiness. The Lord Jesus will not hide His face from us unless we hide our face from Him.
  Sin makes the cloud that darkens our Sun: if we will be watchfully obedient and completely consecrated, we may walk in the light, as God is in the light. Here is a sweet promise with a solemn "if". Lord, let me have this "if" in my hand, for as a key it opens this casket." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)