Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon

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August 01, 2024 August 1st Evening
“Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness.” — Psalm 65:11
All the year round, every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon us. The sun may leave us a legacy of darkness, but our God never ceases to shine upon His children with beams of love. Like a river, His lovingkindness is always flowing, with a fulness inexhaustible as His own nature. Like the atmosphere which constantly surrounds the earth, and is always ready to support the life of man, the benevolence of God surrounds all His creatures; in it, as in their element, they live, and move, and have their being. Yet as the sun on summer days gladdens us with beams more warm and bright than at other times, and…
as rivers are at certain seasons swollen
by the rain, and as the atmosphere itself is sometimes fraught with more
fresh, more bracing, or more balmy influences than heretofore, so is it with
the mercy of God; it hath its golden hours; its days of overflow, when the
Lord magnifieth His grace before the sons of men. Amongst the blessings
of the nether springs, the joyous days of harvest are a special season of
excessive favour. It is the glory of autumn that the ripe gifts of providence
are then abundantly bestowed; it is the mellow season of realization,
whereas all before was but hope and expectation. Great is the joy of
harvest. Happy are the reapers who fill their arms with the liberality of
heaven. The Psalmist tells us that the harvest is the crowning of the year.
Surely these crowning mercies call for crowning thanksgiving! Let us
render it by the inward emotions of gratitude. Let our hearts be warmed;
let our spirits remember, meditate, and think upon this goodness of the
Lord. Then let us praise Him with our lips, and laud and magnify His name
from whose bounty all this goodness flows. Let us glorify God by yielding
our gifts to His cause. A practical proof of our gratitude is a special
thank-offering to the Lord of the harvest.
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August 01, 2024 August 1st Morning
“Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn.” — Ruth 2:2
Downcast and troubled Christian, come and glean to-day in the broad field of promise. Here are abundance of precious promises, which exactly meet thy wants. Take this one: “He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.” Doth not that suit thy case? A reed, helpless, insignificant, and weak, a bruised reed, out of which no music can come; weaker than weakness itself; a reed, and that reed bruised, yet, He will not break thee; but on the contrary, will restore and strengthen thee. Thou art like the smoking flax: no light, no warmth, can come from thee; but He will not…
quench thee; He will blow with His sweet breath of mercy till He fans
thee to a flame. Wouldst thou glean another ear? “Come unto Me all ye
that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” What soft
words! Thy heart is tender, and the Master knows it, and therefore He
speaketh so gently to thee. Wilt thou not obey Him, and come to Him
even now? Take another ear of corn: “Fear not, thou worm Jacob, I will
help thee, saith the Lord and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” How
canst thou fear with such a wonderful assurance as this? Thou mayest
gather ten thousand such golden ears as these! “I have blotted out thy sins
like a cloud, and like a thick cloud thy transgressions.” Or this, “Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Or this, “The Spirit and the Bride
say, Come, and let him that is athirst come, and whosoever will let him
take the water of life freely.” Our Master’s field is very rich; behold the
handfuls. See, there they lie before thee, poor timid believer! Gather them
up, make them thine own, for Jesus bids thee take them. Be not afraid,
only believe! Grasp these sweet promises, thresh them out by meditation
and feed on them with joy.
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July 31, 2024 July 31st Evening
“And these are the singers… they were employed in that work day and night.” — 1 Chronicles 9:33
Well was it so ordered in the temple that the sacred chant never ceased: for evermore did the singers praise the Lord, whose mercy endureth for ever. As mercy did not cease to rule either by day or by night, so neither did music hush its holy ministry. My heart, there is a lesson sweetly taught to thee in the ceaseless song of Zion’s temple, thou too art a constant debtor, and see thou to it that thy gratitude, like charity, never faileth. God’s praise is constant in heaven, which is to be thy final dwelling-place, learn thou to practise the eternal hallelujah. Around the earth as the sun scatters his light, his beams awaken grateful believers to tune their morning hymn, so that by the…
priesthood of the saints perpetual praise is kept up at all
hours, they swathe our globe in a mantle of thanksgiving, and girdle it with
a golden belt of song.
The Lord always deserves to be praised for what He is in Himself, for His
works of creation and providence, for His goodness towards His creatures,
and especially for the transcendent act of redemption, and all the
marvellous blessing flowing therefrom. It is always beneficial to praise the
Lord; it cheers the day and brightens the night; it lightens toil and softens
sorrow; and over earthly gladness it sheds a sanctifying radiance which
makes it less liable to blind us with its glare. Have we not something to
sing about at this moment? Can we not weave a song out of our present
joys, or our past deliverances, or our future hopes? Earth yields her
summer fruits: the hay is housed, the golden grain invites the sickle, and
the sun tarrying long to shine upon a fruitful earth, shortens the interval of
shade that we may lengthen the hours of devout worship. By the love of
Jesus, let us be stirred up to close the day with a psalm of sanctified
gladness.
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July 31, 2024 July 31st Morning
“I in them.” — John 17:23
If such be the union which subsists between our souls and the person of our Lord, how deep and broad is the channel of our communion! This is no narrow pipe through which a thread-like stream may wind its way, it is a channel of amazing depth and breadth, along whose glorious length a ponderous volume of living water may roll its floods. Behold He hath set before us an open door, let us not be slow to enter. This city of communion hath many pearly gates, every several gate is of one pearl, and each gate is thrown open to the uttermost that we may enter, assured of welcome. If there were but one small loophole through which to talk with Jesus, it would be…
a high privilege to thrust a word of fellowship through
the narrow door; how much we are blessed in having so large an entrance!
Had the Lord Jesus been far away from us, with many a stormy sea
between, we should have longed to send a messenger to Him to carry Him
our loves, and bring us tidings from His Father’s house; but see His
kindness, He has built His house next door to ours, nay, more, He takes
lodging with us, and tabernacles in poor humble hearts, that so He may
have perpetual intercourse with us. O how foolish must we be, if we do
not live in habitual communion with Him. When the road is long, and
dangerous, and difficult, we need not wonder that friends seldom meet each
other, but when they live together, shall Jonathan forget his David? A wife
may when her husband is upon a journey, abide many days without
holding converse with him, but she could never endure to be separated
from him if she knew him to be in one of the chambers of her own house.
Why, believer, dost not thou sit at His banquet of wine? Seek thy Lord,
for He is near; embrace Him, for He is thy Brother. Hold Him fast, for He
is thine Husband; and press Him to thine heart, for He is of thine own
flesh.
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July 30, 2024 July 30th Morning
“And when he thought thereon, he wept.” — Mark 14:72
It has been thought by some that as long as Peter lived, the fountain of his tears began to flow whenever he remembered his denying his Lord. It is not unlikely that it was so, (for his sin was very great, and grace in him had afterwards a perfect work. This same experience is common to all the redeemed family according to the degree in which the Spirit of God has removed the natural heart of stone. We, like Peter, remember our boastful promise: “Though all men shall forsake Thee, yet will not I.” We eat our own words with the bitter herbs of repentance. When we think of what we vowed we would be, and of what we have been, we may…
weep whole
showers of grief. He thought on his denying his Lord. The place in which
he did it, the little cause which led him into such heinous sin, the oaths and
blasphemies with which he sought to confirm his falsehood, and the
dreadful hardness of heart which drove him to do so again and yet again.
Can we, when we are reminded of our sins, and their exceeding sinfulness,
remain stolid and stubborn? Will we not make our house a Bochim, and cry
unto the Lord for renewed assurances of pardoning love? May we never
take a dry-eyed look at sin, lest ere long we have a tongue parched in the
flames of hell. Peter also thought upon his Master’s look of love. The Lord
followed up the cock’s warning voice with an admonitory look of sorrow,
pity, and love. That glance was never out of Peter’s mind so long as he
lived. It was far more effectual than ten thousand sermons would have
been without the Spirit. The penitent apostle would be sure to weep when
he recollected the Saviour’s full forgiveness, which restored him to his
former place. To think that we have offended so kind and good a Lord is
more than sufficient reason for being constant weepers. Lord, smite our
rocky hearts, and make the waters flow.
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July 29, 2024 July 29th Evening
“All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me.” — John 6:37
This declaration involves the doctrine of election: there are some whom the Father gave to Christ. It involves the doctrine of effectual calling: these who are given must and shall come; however stoutly they may set themselves against it, yet they shall be brought out of darkness into God’s marvellous light. It teaches us the indispensable necessity of faith; for even those who are given to Christ are not saved except they come to Jesus. Even they must come, for there is no other way to heaven but by the door, Christ Jesus. All that the Father gives to…
our Redeemer must come to Him,
therefore none can come to heaven except they come to Christ.
Oh! the power and majesty which rest in the words “shall come.” He does
not say they have power to come, nor they may come if they will, but
they “shall come.” The Lord Jesus doth by His messengers, His word, and
His Spirit, sweetly and graciously compel men to come in that they may
eat of His marriage supper; and this He does, not by any violation of the
free agency of man, but by the power of His grace. I may exercise power
over another man’s will, and yet that other man’s will may be perfectly
free, because the constraint is exercised in a manner accordant with the
laws of the human mind. Jehovah Jesus knows how, by irresistible
arguments addressed to the understanding, by mighty reasons appealing to
the affections, and by the mysterious influence of His Holy Spirit
operating upon all the powers and passions of the soul, so to subdue the
whole man, that whereas he was once rebellious, he yields cheerfully to
His government, subdued by sovereign love. But how shall those be
known whom God hath chosen? By this result: that they do willingly and
joyfully accept Christ, and come to Him with simple and unfeigned faith,
resting upon Him as all their salvation and all their desire. Reader, have
you thus come to Jesus?
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July 29, 2024 August 15th Evening
“And I will give you an heart of flesh.” — Ezekiel 36:26
A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have
indulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even
for a moment, is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve before the
Lord. The heart of stone calls a great iniquity nothing, but not so the heart
of flesh.
“If to the right or left I stray,
That moment, Lord, reprove;
And let me weep my life away,
For having grieved thy love”
The heart of flesh is tender of God’s will. My Lord Will-be-will is a great blusterer, and it is hard to subject him to God’s will; but when the…
heart of
flesh is given, the will quivers like an aspen leaf in every breath of heaven,
and bows like an osier in every breeze of God’s Spirit. The natural will is
cold, hard iron, which is not to be hammered into form, but the renewed
will, like molten metal, is soon moulded by the hand of grace. In the fleshy
heart there is a tenderness of the affections. The hard heart does not love
the Redeemer, but the renewed heart burns with affection towards Him.
The hard heart is selfish and coldly demands, “Why should I weep for sin?
Why should I love the Lord?” But the heart of flesh says; “Lord, Thou
knowest that I love Thee; help me to love Thee more!” Many are the
privileges of this renewed heart; “‘Tis here the Spirit dwells, ‘tis here that
Jesus rests.” It is fitted to receive every spiritual blessing, and every
blessing comes to it. It is prepared to yield every heavenly fruit to the
honour and praise of God, and therefore the Lord delights in it. A tender
heart is the best defence against sin, and the best preparation for heaven. A
renewed heart stands on its watchtower looking for the coming of the Lord
Jesus. Have you this heart of flesh?
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July 29, 2024 July 29th Morning
“Nevertheless I am continually with Thee.” — Psalm 73:23
“Nevertheless,” — As if, notwithstanding all the foolishness and ignorance which David had just been confessing to God, not one atom the less was it true and certain that David was saved and accepted, and that the blessing of being constantly in God’s presence was undoubtedly his. Fully conscious of his own lost estate, and of the deceitfulness and vileness of his nature, yet, by a glorious outburst of faith, he sings “nevertheless I am continually with Thee.” Believer, you are forced to enter into Asaph’s confession and acknowledgment, endeavour in like spirit to say “nevertheless, since I belong to Christ I am continually with God!” By this is meant continually upon His mind, He is always…
thinking of me for my
good. Continually before His eye; — the eye of the Lord never sleepeth,
but is perpetually watching over my welfare. Continually in His hand, so
that none shall be able to pluck me thence. Continually on His heart, worn
there as a memorial, even as the high priest bore the names of the twelve
tribes upon his heart for ever. Thou always thinkest of me, O God. The
bowels of Thy love continually yearn towards me. Thou art always
making providence work for my good. Thou hast set me as a signet upon
thine arm; thy love is strong as death, many waters cannot quench it;
neither can the floods drown it. Surprising grace! Thou seest me in Christ,
and though in myself abhorred, Thou beholdest me as wearing Christ’s
garments, and washed in His blood, and thus I stand accepted in Thy
presence. I am thus continually in Thy favour — “continually with Thee.”
Here is comfort for the tried and afflicted soul; vexed with the tempest
within — look at the calm without. “Nevertheless” — O say it in thy
heart, and take the peace it gives. “Nevertheless I am continually with
Thee.”
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July 28, 2024 July 28th Evening
“Who went about doing good.” — Acts 10:38
Few words, but yet an exquisite miniature of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are not many touches, but they are the strokes of a master’s pencil. Of the Saviour and only of the Saviour is it true in the fullest, broadest, and most unqualified sense. “He went about doing good.” From this description it is evident that He did good personally. The evangelists constantly tell us that He touched the leper with His own finger, that He anointed the eyes of the blind, and that in cases where He was asked to speak the word only at a distance, He did not usually comply, but went Himself to the sick bed, and there personally wrought the cure. A lesson to us, if we would do good, to do it ourselves. Give alms with your…
own hand; a kind look, or word, will
enhance the value of the gift. Speak to a friend about his soul; your loving
appeal will have more influence than a whole library of tracts. Our Lord’s
mode of doing good sets forth His incessant activity! He did not only the
good which came close to hand, but He “went about” on His errands of
mercy. Throughout the whole land of Judea there was scarcely a village or
a hamlet which was not gladdened by the sight of Him. How this reproves
the creeping, loitering manner, in which many professors serve the Lord.
Let us gird up the loins of our mind, and be not weary in well doing. Does
not the text imply that Jesus Christ went out of His way to do good? “He
went about doing good.” He was never deterred by danger or difficulty. He
sought out the objects of His gracious intentions. So must we. If old plans
will not answer, we must try new ones, for fresh experiments sometimes
achieve more than regular methods. Christ’s perseverance, and the unity of
His purpose, are also hinted at, and the practical application of the subject
may be summed up in the words, “He hath left us an example that we
should follow in His steps.”
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July 28, 2024 July 28th Morning
“So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.” — Psalm 73:22
Remember this is the confession of the man after God’s own heart; and in telling us his inner life, he writes, “So foolish was I, and ignorant.” The word “foolish,” here, means more than it signifies in ordinary language. David, in a former verse of the Psalm, writes, “I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked,” which shows that the folly he intended had sin in it. He puts himself down as being thus “foolish,” and adds a word which is to give intensity to it; “so foolish was I.” How foolish he could not tell. It was a sinful folly, a folly which was not to be excused by frailty, but to be condemned because of its perverseness and wilful ignorance, for he had been envious of the present prosperity of the ungodly, forgetful of the…
dreadful end awaiting all such. And are we better
than David that we should call ourselves wise! Do we profess that we
have attained perfection, or to have been so chastened that the rod has
taken all our wilfulness out of us? Ah, this were pride indeed! If David
was foolish, how foolish should we be in our own esteem if we could but
see ourselves! Look back, believer: think of your doubting God when He
has been so faithful to you — think of your foolish outcry of “Not so, my
Father,” when He crossed His hands in affliction to give you the larger
blessing; think of the many times when you have read His providences in
the dark, misinterpreted His dispensations, and groaned out, “All these
things are against me,” when they are all working together for your good!
Think how often you have chosen sin because of its pleasure, when
indeed, that pleasure was a root of bitterness to you! Surely if we know
our own heart we must plead guilty to the indictment of a sinful folly; and
conscious of this “foolishness,” we must make David’s consequent resolve
our own — “Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel.”
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