A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. C. H. Spurgeon comments on Proverbs 24:33-34 part of our Bible reading plan today (From “Morning and Evening”) The worst of sluggards only ask for a … More Spurgeon: Life is wasted by driblets
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to … More Spurgeon: Would you “bleed Bible?”
“The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.”— Proverbs 16:33 “God’s dice always have a lucky roll,” said Sophocles, one of classical Athens’ three great tragic playwrights. Here’s what Charles H. Spurgeon has to say, in Morning and Evening: If the disposal of the lot is the … More The events of our lives are in His hands
“The kindness and love of God our Saviour.”—Titus 3:4 (verses 1-8 are in our Bible reading plan today) C.H. Spurgeon, in Morning and Evening: HOW sweet it is to behold the Saviour communing with His own beloved people! There can be nothing more delightful than, by the Divine Spirit, to be led into this fertile … More How sweet is our Savior
Charles H. Spurgeon, in a sermon, “What God Cannot Do!” from 1864: Titus 1:2 “…God, who never lies…” (part of our Bible reading plan today) Then again, the Scriptural idea of God forbids that He should lie. Just review your thoughts about God, if you can. What idea have you formed of Him? If you have … More Spurgeon: “I could neither love, worship, nor obey a lying God.”
Today we read Proverbs 14:1-18. Here is verse 14 in two different versions: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. (KJV) The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with … More Consider two sponges
And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away. —Nehemiah 12:43, part of our Bible reading plan today. C.H. Spurgeon comments: “For the Lord had made them glad with great joy.” God … More Joy and the power of the Word
Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded. -Proverbs 13:13 From Faith’s Checkbook by C. H. Spurgeon: HOLY awe of God’s Word is at a great discount. Men think themselves wiser than the Word of the Lord, and sit in judgment upon it. “So did not … More Spurgeon: HOLY awe of God’s Word
C.H. Spurgeon, comments in Morning and Evening: “He that watereth shall be watered also himself.”—Proverbs 11:25 We are here taught the great lesson, that to get, we must give; that to accumulate, we must scatter; that to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that in order to become spiritually vigorous, we must … More Watering others makes us humble
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. —2 Timothy 1:5, in our Bible reading plan today. Who knows what lifelong influence a mother and grandmother can have in the life of a … More A mother’s prayer…a choice blessing
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