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Can you put off thinking about God, righteousness and judgment for a better time, a more convenient season?

February 17, 2012

“And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.”—Acts 24:25. (ESV-And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. … More Can you put off thinking about God, righteousness and judgment for a better time, a more convenient season?

Spurgeon: Wait and hope in God

February 16, 2012

But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. C. H. Spurgeon on Psalm 38:15 Hope in God’s intervention, and belief in the power of prayer, are two most blessed stays to the soul in time of adversity. Turning right away from the creature to the sovereign Lord … More Spurgeon: Wait and hope in God

Where grace does not keep from going down, it shall save from keeping down.

February 15, 2012

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand. —Psalm 37:23-24 ESV C. H. Spurgeon comments in “The Treasury of David,”: Condescendingly, with his own hand, God upholds … More Where grace does not keep from going down, it shall save from keeping down.

Spurgeon: How do we measure the mercy of God?

February 13, 2012

Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm … More Spurgeon: How do we measure the mercy of God?

Spurgeon: David makes every limb vocal

February 12, 2012

Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation. All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?” Psalm 35:9-10 Charles H. Spurgeon writes in the Treasury of David: As the tongue … More Spurgeon: David makes every limb vocal

God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand which never fails.

February 10, 2012

For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. —Psalm 33:4 ESV Charles Spurgeon, in The Treasury of David: Whatever God has ordained must be good, and just, and excellent. There are no anomalies in God’s universe, except what sin has made; his word of command … More God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand which never fails.

Spurgeon on the glories of grace in Psalm 32

February 9, 2012

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Psalm 32:7 C.H. Spurgeon with a short, but oh so sweet reminder of the wonderful grace of God we see in Psalm 32 (comments from The Treasury of David) Observe that the same man who in … More Spurgeon on the glories of grace in Psalm 32

Spurgeon: Our appeal is not to any fancied virtue in our own names

February 8, 2012

In Psalm 31, we read a phrase that sounds very much like one in Psalm 23: For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead and guide me (Psalm 31:3) He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake (Psalm 23:3) Charles H Spurgeon comments in the … More Spurgeon: Our appeal is not to any fancied virtue in our own names

What is the unfailing resource of God’s people?

February 7, 2012

In the Treasury of David, Spurgeon encourages us from Psalm 30 to keep praying, to keep crying out to the Lord: Prayer is the unfailing resource of God’s people. If they are driven to their wit’s end, they may still go to the mercyseat. When an earthquake makes our mountain tremble, the throne of grace … More What is the unfailing resource of God’s people?

Jesus the mighty God is our peace in the storm

February 6, 2012

C. H Spurgeon comments on Psalm 29, our passage for today’s Bible reading plan Power was displayed in the hurricane whose course this Psalm so grandly pictures; and now, in the cool calm after the storm, that power is promised to be the strength of the chosen. He who wings the unerring bolt, will give … More Jesus the mighty God is our peace in the storm

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