An act of great grace

Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes. Psalm 119:124 Charles H. Spurgeon said, For our ruler to become our teacher is an act of great grace, for which we cannot be too grateful. Among our mercies this is one of the choicest.

Help for the journey

Open my eyes, that I may behold         wondrous things out of your law.     I am a sojourner on the earth;         hide not your commandments from me! Psalm 119:18-19 ESV Spurgeon comments on Psalm 119:17-24, our passage for today: In this section the trials of the way appear to be manifest … More Help for the journey

Afraid of bad news?

    For the righteous will never be moved;         he will be remembered forever.     He is not afraid of bad news;         his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.     His heart is steady; he will not be afraid,         until he looks in triumph on his adversaries. (Psalm 112:6-8 … More Afraid of bad news?

Spurgeon: Our road to glory runs by the rivers of grief

Have you ever read Psalm 105 and counted how many times either God says, “I DID___” or how many times the Psalmist says, “HE (God) DID ______”   Try it today! Here is one example from Psalm 105:16-17  When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,  he had sent a man ahead … More Spurgeon: Our road to glory runs by the rivers of grief

A day in Psalm 102

Charles H. Spurgeon comments in The Treasury of David: In the first part of the Psalm, Ps 102:1-11, the moaning monopolizes every verse, the lamentation is unceasing, sorrow rules the hour. The second portion, from Ps 102:12-28, has a vision of better things, a view of the gracious Lord, and his eternal existence, and care … More A day in Psalm 102

Mercy and Justice

    I will sing of steadfast love and justice;         to you, O LORD, I will make music. Psalm 101:1 ESV God intermixeth mercy with affliction: he steeps his sword of justice in the oil of mercy; there was no night so dark, but Israel had a pillar of fire in it; there is … More Mercy and Justice

Spurgeon: He will do this best who is most in love with Jesus

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! — Psalm 98:4 Charles H. Spurgeon, in The Treasury of David,  says: There is no fear of our being too hearty in magnifying the God of our salvation, only we must take care the song comes from the heart, … More Spurgeon: He will do this best who is most in love with Jesus

All in all

For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.—Psalm 95:3 Charles Spurgeon, from the Treasury of David: No doubt the surrounding nations imagined Jehovah to be a merely local deity, the god of a small nation, and therefore one of the inferior deities; the psalmist utterly repudiates such an idea. Idolaters … More All in all

Sovereign Master

C. H. Spurgeon on Psalm 93 (Treasury of David): Whatever opposition may arise, his throne is unmoved; he has reigned, does reign, and will reign for ever and ever. Whatever turmoil and rebellion there may be beneath the clouds, the eternal King sits above all in supreme serenity; and everywhere he is really Master, let … More Sovereign Master