I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 4 Charles H. Spurgeon: No parents can say from their hearts, “We have no greater joy than to hear that our children walk in truth,” unless they are themselves walking in truth. No wolf prays for its … More What gives [Christian] parents the greatest joy?
Ezekiel 16:59-63 “For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. Then you will remember your … More Spurgeon: The blessed silence of a grateful heart makes true music before the Throne of God
And the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? Behold, it is … More Mercy that humbles us
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:21 ESV) C.H.Spurgeon comments on 2 Peter 1:21 So that they sometimes spoke what they did not themselves understand; the prophecy carried its own key within itself, and … More You have nothing else to fall back upon but this Book
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised. Song of Solomon 8:7 You can’t buy love. We see this truth repeatedly in our culture. A person can be wealthy beyond comprehension and yet be lonely and unloved. … More You can’t buy love.
“In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve” (Jeremiah 50:20). Charles H Spurgeon, in “Faith’s Checkbook” A glorious word indeed! … More Spurgeon: Perfect pardon from our sin-annililating God!
It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out. Proverbs 25:2 C. H. Spurgeon, in a sermon, “God’s Glory on Hiding Sin” Imitate the Lord in forgetting the sins of those who repent. If ever they offend you, let that atonement which satisfied God for … More Spurgeon: Blessed are they who always act as firemen
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 If pricked, 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 “God’s dice always have a lucky roll”
“The kindness and love of God our Saviour.”—Titus 3:4 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 field of delight. Let the mind for an instant … More How sweet? Spurgeon: “Our souls may well faint for joy.”
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