charles h spurgeon

"He arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights." —1 Kings 19:8 Morning Thought All the strength supplied to us by our gracious God is meant for service, not for wantonness or boasting. When the prophet Elijah found the cake baked on the...

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." —Mark 16:16 Evening Thought Mr. MacDonald asked the inhabitants of the island of St. Kilda how a man must be saved. An old man replied, "We shall be saved if we repent, and forsake our sins, and turn to God." "Yes," said a middle-aged...

"At evening time it shall be light." —Zechariah 14:7 Morning Thought 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 balmier air fans the mariner's cheek as he...

"If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." —1 John 2:1 Evening Thought "If any man sin, we have an advocate." Yes, though we sin, we have him still. John does not say, "If any man sin he has forfeited his advocate," but "we have an advocate," sinners...

"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" —Hebrews 1:14 Morning Thought Angels are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. Loyalty to their Lord leads...

"He himself hath suffered being tempted." —Hebrews 2:18 Evening Thought It is a common-place thought, and yet it tastes like nectar to the weary heart-Jesus was tempted as I am. You have heard that truth many times: have you grasped it? He was tempted to the very same sins into which we...

"The hope which is laid up for you in heaven." —Colossians 1:5 Morning Thought Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there. Here we are weary and...

"A man greatly beloved." —Daniel 10:11 Evening Thought Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! has your unbelief made you forget that you are greatly beloved too? Must you not have been greatly beloved, to have been bought with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb...

"He will give grace and glory." —Psalms 84:11 Evening Thought Bounteous is Jehovah in his nature; to give is his delight. His gifts are beyond measure precious, and are as freely given as the light of the sun. He gives grace to his elect because he wills it, to his redeemed because of his...

"Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved." —Song of Solomon 7:13 Morning Thought 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 laid up for our Beloved. At this rich...

"Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glorious." —Psalms 66:2 Morning Thought It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not. Praise is God's most righteous due, and every Christian, as the recipient of his grace, is bound to praise God from day to day. It...

"A living dog is better than a dead lion." —Ecclesiastes 9:4 Evening Thought Life is a precious thing, and in its humblest form it is superior to death. This truth is eminently certain in spiritual things. It is better to be the least in the kingdom of heaven than the greatest out of it. The...

"Behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague." —Leviticus 13:13 Morning Thought Strange enough this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing out of the disease proved that the constitution was sound. This...

"I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go." —Song of Solomon 3:4 Evening Thought Does Christ receive us when we come to him, notwithstanding all our past sinfulness? Does he never chide us for having tried all other refuges first? And is there none on earth like...

"The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men." —Psalms 33:13 Morning Thought 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 to attend to the wants and to behold the woes...

"Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord!" —Deuteronomy 33:29 Morning Thought He who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it. It were strange indeed, if it made us wretched, for see to what a position it exalts us...

"My Beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him." —Song of Solomon 5:4 Evening Thought Knocking was not enough, for my heart was too full of sleep, too cold and ungrateful to arise and open the door, but the touch of his effectual grace has made my soul...

"Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen." —Zechariah 11:2 Evening Thought When in the forest there is heard the crash of a falling oak, it is a sign that the woodman is abroad, and every tree in the whole company may tremble lest to-morrow the sharp edge of the axe should find it out. We...

"The myrtle trees that were in the bottom." —Zechariah 1:8 Morning Thought The vision in this chapter describes the condition of Israel in Zechariah's day; but being interpreted in its aspect towards us, it describes the Church of God as we find it now in the world. The Church is compared to...

"Just, and the justifier of him which believeth." —Romans 3:26 Morning Thought Being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Conscience accuses no longer. Judgment now decides for the sinner instead of against him. Memory looks back upon past sins, with deep sorrow for the sin, but yet...