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Evening, May 8 | “Acquaint now yourself with him.” —Job 22:21 This Morning's Scripture Reading: Job 22:21-23 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thine heart. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, Thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Devotional Video Transcript: If we would rightly “acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace,” we must know him as he has revealed himself, not only in the unity of his essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of his persons. God said, “Let us make man in our own image” — let not man be content until he knows something of the “us” from whom his being was derived. Endeavour to know the Father; bury your head in his bosom in deep repentance, and confess that you are not worthy to be called his son. Receive the kiss of his love; let the ring which is the token of his eternal faithfulness be on your finger. Sit at his table and let your heart be merry in his grace. Then press forward and seek to know much of the Son of God who is the brightness of his Father’s glory, and yet in unspeakable condescension of grace became man for our sakes. Know him in the singular complexity of his nature: eternal God, and yet suffering, finite man. Follow him as he walks the waters with the tread of deity, and as he sits upon the well in the weariness of humanity. Be not satisfied unless you know much of Jesus Christ as your Friend, your Brother, your Husband, your all. Forget not the Holy Spirit; endeavour to obtain a clear view of his nature and character, his attributes, and his works. Behold that Spirit of the Lord, who first of all moved upon chaos, and brought forth order; who now visits the chaos of your soul, and creates the order of holiness. Behold him as the Lord and giver of spiritual life, the Illuminator, the Instructor, the Comforter, and the Sanctifier. Behold him as, like holy unction, he descends upon the head of Jesus, and then afterwards rests upon you who are as the skirts of his garments. Such an intelligent, scriptural, and experiential belief in the Trinity is yours if you truly know God; and such knowledge brings peace indeed. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #KnowGod #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Job

Morning, May 8 | “But the man who was healed did not know who it was.” —John 5:13 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: John 5:2-17 (NASB) But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all, and warned them not to tell who He was. This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen; My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased; I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel, nor cry out; Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets. A battered reed He will not break off, And a smoldering wick He will not put out, Until He leads justice to victory. And in His name the Gentiles will hope.” Now it was the Sabbath on that day. So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.” But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’” They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk’?” But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.” The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.” Devotional Video Transcript: Years are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged a very weary length along the life of the poor impotent man. When Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word, while he lay at the pool of Bethesda, he was delightfully aware of a change. Even so the sinner who has for weeks and months been paralyzed with despair, and has wearily sighed for salvation, is very conscious of the change when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and gives joy and peace in believing. The evil removed is too great to be removed without our discerning it; the life imparted is too remarkable to be possessed and remain inoperative; and the change wrought is too marvelous not to be perceived. Yet the poor man was ignorant of the author of his cure; he knew not the sacredness of his person, the offices which he sustained, or the plan which brought him among men. Much ignorance of Jesus may remain in hearts which yet feel the power of his blood. We must not hastily condemn men for lack of knowledge; but where we can see the faith which saves the soul, we must believe that salvation has been bestowed. The Holy Spirit makes men penitents long before he makes them ministers; and he who believes what he knows, shall soon know more clearly what he believes. Ignorance is, however, an evil; for this poor man was much tantalized by the Pharisees, and was quite unable to cope with them. It is good to be able to answer gainsayers; but we cannot do so if we know not the Lord Jesus clearly and with understanding. The cure of his ignorance, however, soon followed the cure of his infirmity, for he was visited by the Lord in the temple; and after that gracious manifestation, he was found testifying that “it was Jesus who had made him whole.” Lord, if you have saved me, show me yourself, that I may declare you to the sons of men. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Healing #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #John

Evening, May 7 | “Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” —John 5:8 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: John 5:2-9 (NASB) Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.] A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, “Do you wish to get well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Devotional Video Transcript: Like many others, the impotent man had been waiting for a wonder to be wrought and a sign to be given. Wearily did he watch the pool, but no angel came, or came not for him; yet, thinking it to be his only chance, he waited still, and knew not that there was One near him whose word could heal him in a moment. Many are in the same plight: they are waiting for some singular emotion, remarkable impression, or celestial vision; they wait in vain and watch for naught. Even supposing that, in a few cases, remarkable signs are seen, yet these are rare, and no man has a right to look for them in his own case; no man especially who feels his impotency to avail himself of the moving of the water even if it came. It is a very sad reflection that tens of thousands are now waiting in the use of means and ordinances and vows and resolutions and have waited for so long and utterly in vain. Meanwhile, these poor souls forget the present Savior, who bids them to look unto him and be saved. He could heal them at once, but they prefer to wait for an angel and a wonder. To trust him is the sure way to every blessing, and he is worthy of the most implicit confidence, but unbelief makes them prefer the cold porches of Bethesda to the warm bosom of his love. O that the Lord may turn his eye upon the multitudes who are in this case tonight. May he forgive their lack of faith in his divine power, and call them by that sweet constraining voice, to rise from the bed of despair, and in the energy of faith, take up their bed and walk. O Lord, hear our prayer for all such at this calm hour of sunset, and before the day breaks may they look and live. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Healing #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #John

Morning, May 7 | “Many followed Him, and He healed them all.” —Matthew 12:15 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: Matthew 12:15-21 (NASB) But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all, and warned them not to tell who He was. This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen; My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased; I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel, nor cry out; Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets. A battered reed He will not break off, And a smoldering wick He will not put out, Until He leads justice to victory. And in His name the Gentiles will hope.” Devotional Video Transcript: What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye of Jesus! Yet we do not read that he was disgusted, but patiently waited on every case. What a singular variety of evils must have met at his feet! What sickening ulcers and putrefying sores! Yet he was ready for every new shape of the monster evil and was victor over it in every form. Let the arrow fly from what quarter it might, he quenched its fiery power. The heat of fever, or the cold of dropsy; the lethargy of palsy, or the rage of madness; the filth of leprosy, or the darkness of ophthalmia — all knew the power of his word, and fled at his command. In every corner of the field, he was triumphant over evil and received the homage of delivered captives. He came, he saw, and he conquered everywhere. It is even so this morning. Whatever my own case may be, the beloved Physician can heal me; and whatever may be the state of others whom I may remember at this moment in prayer, I may have hope in Jesus that he will be able to heal them of their sins. My child, my friend, my dearest one, I can have hope for each, for all, when I remember the healing power of my Lord; and on my own account, however severe my struggle with sins and infirmities, I may yet be of good cheer. He who on earth walked the hospitals still dispenses his grace and works wonders among the sons of men: let me go to him at once in earnest. Let me praise him, this morning, as I remember how he wrought his spiritual cures, which bring him most renown. It was by taking upon himself our sicknesses. “By his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) The Church on earth is full of souls healed by our beloved Physician, and the inhabitants of heaven itself confess that “He healed them all.” Come, then, my soul, publish abroad the virtue of his grace, and let it be “to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign which shall not be cut off.” (Isaiah 55:13) ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Healed #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Matthew

Evening, May 6 | “All the days of my struggle I will wait.” —Job 14:14 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: Job 14:7-14 (NASB) For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up: So man lieth down, and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep. O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, Till my change come. Devotional Video Transcript: A little stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil; nothing renders security so pleasant as exposure to alarms. The bitter cups of earth will give a relish to the new wine which sparkles in the golden bowls of glory. Our battered armor and scarred countenances will render more illustrious our victory above when we are welcomed to the seats of those who have overcome the world. We should not have full fellowship with Christ if we did not for a while, sojourn below; for he was baptized with a baptism of suffering among men, and we must be baptized with the same if we would share his kingdom. Fellowship with Christ is so honorable that the sorest sorrow is a light price by which to procure it. Another reason for our lingering here is for the good of others. We would not wish to enter heaven till our work is done, and it may be that we are yet ordained to minister light to souls overtaken in the wilderness of sin. Our prolonged stay here is doubtless for God’s glory. A tried saint, like a well-cut diamond, glitters much in the King’s crown. Nothing reflects so much honor on a workman as a protracted and severe trial of his work, and its triumphant endurance of the ordeal without giving way in any part. We are God’s workmanship, in whom he will be glorified by our afflictions. It is for the honor of Jesus that we endure the trial of our faith with sacred joy. Let each man surrender his own longings to the glory of Jesus, and feel, “If my lying in the dust would elevate my Lord by so much as an inch, let me still lie among the pots of earth. If to live on earth forever would make my Lord more glorious, it should be my heaven to be shut out of heaven.” Our time is fixed and settled by eternal decree. Let us not be anxious about it, but wait with patience till the gates of pearl shall open. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Trials #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Job

Morning, May 6 | “We dwell in him.” —1 John 4:13 (KJV) This Evening's Scripture Reading: 1 John 4:11-15 (KJV) Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. Devotional Video Transcript: Do you want a house for your soul? Do you ask, “How much does it cost?” It is something less than what proud human nature would like to give. It is without money and without price. Ah, you would like to pay a respectable rent! You would love to do something to win Christ? Then you cannot have the house, for it is without price. Will you take my Master’s house on a lease for all eternity, with nothing to pay for it, nothing but the ground rent of loving and serving him forever? Will you take Jesus and “dwell in him?” See, this house is furnished with all you want, it is filled with riches more than you will spend as long as you live. Here you can have intimate communion with Christ and feast on his love; here are tables well-stocked with food for you to live on forever. In it, when weary, you can find rest with Jesus; and from it, you can look out and see heaven itself. Will you have the house? If you are homeless, you will say, “I should like to have the house; but may I have it?” Yes; there is the key — the key is, “Come to Jesus.” “But,” you say, “I am too shabby for such a house.” Never mind; there are garments inside. If you feel guilty and condemned, come; and though the house is too good for you, Christ will make you good enough for the house by and by. He will wash you and cleanse you, and you will yet be able to sing, “We dwell in him.” Believer: thrice happy are you to have such a dwelling place! Greatly privileged are you, for you have a “strong habitation” in which you are ever safe. And “dwelling in him,” you have not only a perfect and secure house but an everlasting one. When this world shall have melted like a dream, our house shall live, and stand more imperishable than marble, more solid than granite, self-existent as God, for it is God himself — “We dwell in him.” ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #DwellInHim #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #1John

Evening, May 5 | “He who gives attention to the word will find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.” —Proverbs 16:20 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: Proverbs 16:20-23 (NASB) He who gives attention to the word will find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, But the discipline of fools is folly. The heart of the wise instructs his mouth And adds persuasiveness to his lips. Devotional Video Transcript: Wisdom is man’s true strength; and, under its guidance, he best accomplishes the ends of his being. Wisely handling the matter of life gives to man the richest enjoyment, and presents the noblest occupation for his powers; hence by it he finds good in the fullest sense. Without wisdom, man is like a wild donkey, running here and there, wasting strength that might be profitably employed. Wisdom is the compass by which man is to steer across the trackless waste of life; without it, he is a derelict vessel, the sport of winds and waves. A man must be prudent in such a world as this, or he will find no good, but be betrayed into unnumbered ills. The pilgrim will sorely wound his feet among the briers of the wood of life if he does not pick his steps with the utmost caution. He who is in a wilderness infested with robber bands must handle matters wisely if he would journey safely. If, trained by the Great Teacher, we follow where he leads, we shall find good even while in the darkness, and celestial fruits to be gathered, and songs of paradise to be sung amid the groves of earth. But where shall this wisdom be found? Many have dreamed of it, but have not possessed it. Where shall we learn it? Let us listen to the voice of the Lord, for he has declared the secret; he has revealed to the sons of men wherein true wisdom lies, and we have it in the text, “blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.” The true way to handle a matter wisely is to trust in the Lord. This is the sure clue to the most intricate labyrinths of life, follow it and find eternal bliss. He who trusts in the Lord has a diploma for wisdom granted by inspiration: happy is he now, and happier shall he be above. Lord, in this sweet evening, walk with me in the garden and teach me the wisdom of faith. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Wisdom #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Proverbs

Morning, May 5 | “I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” —2 Corinthians 6:16 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (NASB) Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. “And do not touch what is unclean; And I will welcome you. And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” Says the Lord Almighty. Devotional Video Transcript: What a sweet title: “My people!” What a cheering revelation: “Their God!” How much meaning is couched in those two words, “My people!” Here is specialty. The whole world is God’s; the heaven, even the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s, and he reigns among the children of men; but of those whom he has chosen, whom he has purchased to himself, he says what he does not say of others — “My people.” In this word, there is the idea of proprietorship. In a special manner, the “Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.” (Deuteronomy 32:9) All the nations upon earth are his; the whole world is in his power; yet are his people, his chosen, more especially his possession; for he has done more for them than others. He has bought them with his blood; he has brought them near to himself; he has set his great heart upon them; he has loved them with an everlasting love, a love which many waters cannot quench, and which the revolutions of time shall never suffice in the least degree to diminish. Dear friends, can you, by faith, see yourselves in that number? Can you look up to heaven and say, “My Lord and my God: mine by that sweet relationship which entitles me to call you Father; mine by that hallowed fellowship which I delight to hold with you when you are pleased to manifest yourself unto me as you do not unto the world?” Can you read the Book of Inspiration, the Bible, and find there the guarantee of your salvation? Can you read your title written in precious blood? Can you, by humble faith, lay hold of Jesus’ garments, and say, “My Christ”? If you can, then God says of you, and of others like you, “My people;” for, if God is your God, and Christ your Christ, the Lord has a special, peculiar favor to you; you are the object of his choice, accepted in his beloved Son. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #GodsPeople #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #2Corinthians

Evening, May 4 | “You have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable.” —1 Peter 1:23 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 1:22-25 (NASB) Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, 23for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off, But the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word which was preached to you. Devotional Video Transcript: Peter most earnestly exhorted the scattered saints to love each other “with a pure heart fervently” and he did so wisely, not based on the law, from nature, or philosophy, but from that high and divine nature which God has implanted in his people. Just as some judicious tutor of princes might labor to foster in them a kingly spirit and dignified behavior, finding arguments in their position and pedigree, so, looking upon God’s people as heirs of glory, princes of royal blood, descendants of the King of kings, earth’s truest and oldest aristocracy, Peter says to them, “See that you love one another, because of your noble birth, being born of incorruptible seed; because of your pedigree, being descended from God, the Creator of all things; and because of your immortal destiny, for you shall never pass away, though the glory of the flesh shall fade, and even its existence shall cease.” It would be well if, in the spirit of humility, we recognized the true dignity of our regenerated nature, and lived up to it. What is a Christian? If you compare him with a king, he adds priestly sanctity to royal dignity. The king’s royalty often lies only in his crown, but with a Christian, it is infused into his inmost nature. He is as much above his fellows through his new birth, as a man is above the beast that perishes. Surely he ought to carry himself, in all his dealings, as one who is not of the multitude, but chosen out of the world, distinguished by sovereign grace, written among “the peculiar people” (Titus 2:14) and who, therefore, cannot grovel in the dust as others, nor live after the manner of the world’s citizens. Let the dignity of your nature, and the brightness of your prospects, O believer in Christ, constrain you to cleave unto holiness and to avoid the very appearance of evil. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Royalty #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #1Peter

Morning, May 4 | “Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods!” —Jeremiah 16:20 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 16:19-21 (NASB) O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge in the day of distress, To You the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility and things of no profit.” Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods! “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know— This time I will make them know My power and My might; And they shall know that My name is the Lord.” Devotional Video Transcript: One great besetting sin of ancient Israel was idolatry, and the church today is vexed with a tendency to the same folly. Remphan’s star shines no longer, and the women weep no more for Tammuz, but Mammon still intrudes his golden calf, and the shrines of pride are not forsaken. Self in various forms struggles to subdue the chosen ones under its dominion, and the flesh sets up its altars wherever it can find space for them. Favorite children are often the cause of much sin in believers; the Lord is grieved when he sees us doting upon them above measure. They will live to be as great a curse to us as Absalom was to David, or they will be taken from us to leave our homes desolate. If Christians desire to grow thorns to stuff their sleepless pillows, let them dote on their children. It is truly said that “they are not gods,” for the objects of our foolish love are very doubtful blessings. The solace which they yield us now is dangerous, and the help which they can give us in the hour of trouble is little indeed. Why, then, are we so bewitched with vanities? We pity the poor heathen who adore a god of stone, and yet worship a god of gold. Where is the vast superiority between a god of flesh and one of wood? The principle, the sin, the folly is the same in either case, only that in ours the crime is more aggravated because we have more light, and sin in the face of it. The heathen bows to a false deity, but the true God he has never known; we commit two evils, inasmuch as we forsake the living God and turn unto idols. May the Lord purge us all from this grievous iniquity! “The dearest idol I have known, Whate’er that idol be; Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee.” ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Idolatry #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Jeremiah

Evening, May 3 | “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” —Psalm 46:1 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: Psalm 46:1-11 (NASB) God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered; He raised His voice, the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has wrought desolations in the earth. He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire. “Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. Devotional Video Transcript: Covenant blessings are not meant to be looked at only, but to be appropriated. Even our Lord Jesus is given to us for our present use. Believer, you do not make use of Christ as you ought to do. When you are in trouble, why do you not tell him all your grief? Has he not a sympathizing heart, and can he not comfort and relieve you? No, you are going about to all your friends, save your best Friend, and telling your tale everywhere except into the bosom of your Lord. Are you burdened with this day’s sins? Here is a fountain filled with his blood: use it, saint, use it. Has a sense of guilt returned upon you? The pardoning grace of Jesus may be proved again and again. Come to him at once for cleansing. Do you deplore your weakness? He is your strength; why not lean upon him? Do you feel naked? Come hither, soul; put on the robe of Jesus’ righteousness. Stand not looking at it, but wear it. Strip off your own righteousness, and your own fears too: put on the fair white linen, for it was meant to wear. Do you feel yourself sick? Call upon the Beloved Physician! He will give medicine that will revive you. You are poor, but then you have “a kinsman, a mighty man of wealth.” What, will you not go to him, and ask him to give you of his abundance, when he has given you this promise, that you shall be joint heir with him, and has made over all that he is and all that he has to be yours? There is nothing Christ dislikes more than for his people to make a show-thing of him, and not to use him. He loves to be employed by us. The more burdens we put on his shoulders, the more precious he will be to us. “Let us be simple with him, then, Not backward, stiff, or cold, As though our Bethlehem could be What Sinai was of old.” ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Refuge #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Psalms

Morning, May 3 | “In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: John 16:23-33 (NASB) In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full. “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.” His disciples said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech. Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God.” Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” Devotional Video Transcript: Are you asking the reason for this, believer? Look upward to your heavenly Father, and behold him pure and holy. Do you know that you are one day to be like him? Will you easily be conformed to his image? Will you not require much refining in the furnace of affliction to purify yourself? Will it be an easy thing to get rid of your corruptions, and make you perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect? Next, Christian, turn your eye downward. Do you know what foes you have beneath your feet? You were once a servant of Satan, and no king will willingly lose his subjects. Do you think that Satan will let you alone? No, he will be always at you, for he “prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8, NASB) Expect trouble, therefore, Christian, when you look beneath you. Then look around you. Where are you? You are in an enemy’s country, a stranger and a sojourner. The world is not your friend. If it is, then you are not God’s friend, for he who is the friend of the world is the enemy of God. Be assured that you shall find foes everywhere. When you sleep, think that you are resting on the battlefield; when you wake, suspect an ambush in every hedge. As mosquitoes are said to bite strangers more than natives, so will the trials of earth be sharpest to you. Lastly, look within you, into your own heart and observe what is there. Sin and self are still within. Ah, if you had no devil to tempt you, no enemies to fight you, and no world to ensnare you, you would still find in yourself evil enough to be a sore trouble to you, for “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” (Jeremiah 17:9) Expect trouble then, but do not despair on account of it, for God is with you to help and to strengthen you. He has said, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.” (Psalm 50:15, NASB) ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Tribulation #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #John

Evening, May 2 | “These all died in faith.” —Hebrews 11:13 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: Hebrews 11:13-16 (NASB) All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them. Devotional Video Transcript: Behold the epitaph of all those blessed saints who fell asleep before the coming of our Lord! It matters nothing how else they died, whether of old age, or by violent means; this one point, in which they all agree, is the most worthy of record, “they all died in faith.” In faith they lived — it was their comfort, their guide, their motive and their support; and in the same spiritual grace they died, ending their life-song in the sweet strain in which they had so long continued. They did not die resting in the flesh or upon their own attainments; they made no advance from their first way of acceptance with God, but held to the way of faith to the end. Faith is as precious to die by as to live by. Dying in faith has distinct reference to the past. They believed the promises which had gone before, and were assured that their sins were blotted out through the mercy of God. Dying in faith has to do with the present. These saints were confident of their acceptance with God, they enjoyed the beams of his love, and rested in his faithfulness. Dying in faith looks into the future. They fell asleep, affirming that the Messiah would surely come, and that when he would in the last days appear upon the earth, they would rise from their graves to behold him. To them the pains of death were but the birth-pangs of a better state. Take courage, my soul, as you read this epitaph. Your course, through grace, is one of faith, and sight seldom cheers you; this has also been the pathway of the brightest and the best. Faith was the orbit in which these stars of the first magnitude moved all the time of their shining here; and happy are you that it is yours. Look anew tonight to Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith, and thank him for giving you like precious faith with souls now in glory. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Faith #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Hebrews

Morning, May 2 | “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.” —John 17:15 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: John 17:13-21 (NASB) But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.” Devotional Video Transcript: It is a sweet and blessed event which will occur to all believers in God’s own time — the going home to be with Jesus. In a few more years the Lord’s soldiers, who are now fighting “the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12) will be done with conflict, and have entered into the joy of their Lord. But although Christ prays that his people may eventually be with him where he is, he does not ask that they may be taken away at once from this world to heaven. He wishes them to stay here. Yet how frequently does the wearied pilgrim put up the prayer, “O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest.” (Psalm 55:6) But Christ does not pray like that, he leaves us in his Father’s hands, until, like shocks of corn fully ripe, we each shall be gathered into our Master’s garner. Jesus does not plead for our instant removal by death, for to abide in the flesh is needful for others if not profitable for ourselves. He asks that we may be kept from evil, but he never asks for us to be admitted to the inheritance in glory till we are of full age. Christians often want to die when they have any trouble. Ask them why, and they tell you, “Because we would be with the Lord.” We fear it is not so much because they are longing to be with the Lord, as because they desire to get rid of their troubles; else they would feel the same wish to die at other times when not under the pressure of trial. They want to go home, not so much for the Savior’s company, as to be at rest. Now it is quite right to desire to depart if we can do it in the same spirit that Paul did, because to be with Christ is far better, but the wish to escape from trouble is a selfish one. Rather let your care and wish be to glorify God by your life here as long as he pleases, even though it be in the midst of toil, and conflict, and suffering, and leave him to say when “it is enough.” ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #HomeWithTheLord #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #John

Evening, May 1 | “I am the rose of Sharon.” —Song of Solomon 2:1 This Morning's Scripture Reading: Song of Solomon 2:1-2 “I am the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.” Devotional Video Transcript: Whatever there may be of beauty in the material world, Jesus Christ possesses all that in the spiritual world in a tenfold degree. Among flowers, the rose is deemed the sweetest but Jesus is infinitely more beautiful in the garden of the soul than the rose can be in the gardens of earth. He takes the first place as the fairest among ten thousand. He is the sun, and all others are the stars; the heavens and the day are dark in comparison with him, for the King in his beauty transcends all. “I am the rose of Sharon.” This was the best and rarest of roses. Jesus is not “the rose” alone, he is “the rose of Sharon,” just as he calls his righteousness “gold,” and then adds, “the gold of Ophir” — the best of the best. He is positively lovely, and superlatively the loveliest. There is variety in his charms. The rose is delightful to the eye, and its scent is pleasant and refreshing; so each of the senses of the soul, whether it be the taste or feeling, the hearing, the sight, or the spiritual smell, finds appropriate gratification in Jesus. Even the recollection of his love is sweet. Take the rose of Sharon, and pull it leaf from leaf, and lay by the leaves in the jar of memory, and you shall find each leaf fragrant long afterwards, filling the house with perfume. Christ satisfies the highest taste of the most educated spirit to the very full. The greatest amateur in perfumes is quite satisfied with the rose: and when the soul has arrived at her highest pitch of true taste, she shall still be content with Christ, nay, she shall be the better able to appreciate him. Heaven itself possesses nothing which excels the rose of Sharon. What emblem can fully set forth his beauty? Human speech and earth-born things fail to tell of him. Earth’s choicest charms commingled, feebly picture his abounding preciousness. Blessed rose, bloom in my heart forever! ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. #SpiritualBeauty #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #SongOfSolomon

Morning, May 1 | “His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.” —Song of Solomon 5:13 (ESV) This Evening's Scripture Reading: Song of Solomon 5:13-14 (ESV) “His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh. His arms are rods of gold, set with jewels. His body is polished ivory, bedecked with sapphires.” Devotional Video Transcript: The flowery month is come! March winds and April showers have done their work, and the earth is all bedecked with beauty. Come my soul, put on your springtime attire and go forth to gather garlands of heavenly thoughts. You know where to go, for to you “the beds of spices” are well known, and you have so often smelled the perfume of “the sweet flowers,” that you will go at once to your well-beloved and find all loveliness, all joy in him. That cheek once so rudely smitten with a rod, often covered with tears of sympathy and then defiled with spittle — that cheek as it smiles with mercy is as a fragrant aroma to my heart. You did not hide your face from shame and spitting, O Lord Jesus, and therefore I will find my dearest delight in praising you. Those cheeks were furrowed by the plow of grief, and crimsoned with red lines of blood from your thorn-crowned temples; such marks of love unbounded cannot but charm my soul far more than “pillars of perfume.” If I may not see the whole of his face I would behold his cheeks, for the least glimpse of him is exceedingly refreshing to my spiritual sense and yields a variety of delights. In Jesus I find not only fragrance but a bed of spices; not one flower, but all manner of sweet flowers. He is to me my rose and my lily, my heart’s-ease and my cluster of camphire. When he is with me it is May all the year round, and my soul goes forth to wash her happy face in the morning-dew of his grace, and to solace herself with the singing of the birds of his promises. Precious Lord Jesus, let me in very deed know the blessedness which dwells in abiding, unbroken fellowship with you. I am a poor worthless one, whose cheek you have deigned to kiss! O let me kiss you in return with the kisses of my lips. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved #Springtime #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #SongOfSolomon

Evening, April 30 | “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!” —Psalm 139:17 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: Psalm 139:13-18 (NASB) For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. Devotional Video Transcript: Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside his mind from us, has us always before his eyes; and this is precisely as we would have it, for it would be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenly Father. His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, prudent, far-reaching, and they bring to us countless benefits: hence it is a choice delight to remember them. The Lord always did think upon his people: hence their election and the covenant of grace by which their salvation is secured; he always will think upon them: hence their final perseverance by which they shall be brought safely to their final rest. In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore fixed upon us — we never roam beyond the Shepherd’s eye. In our sorrows he observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes him; in our toils he marks all our weariness, and writes in his book all the struggles of his faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord encompass us in all our paths, and penetrate the innermost region of our being. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily organization is uncared for; all the littles of our little world are thought upon by the great God. Dear one, is this precious to you? Then hold to it. Never be led astray by those philosophic fools who preach up an impersonal God, and talk of self-existent, self-governing matter. The Lord lives and thinks upon us, this is a truth far too precious for us to be lightly robbed of it. The notice of a nobleman is valued so highly that he who has it counts his fortune made; but what is it to be thought of by the King of kings! If the Lord thinks upon us, all is well, and we may rejoice evermore. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #GodsThoughts #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Psalms

Morning, April 30 | “All the sons of Israel grumbled.” —Numbers 14:2 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: Numbers 14:1-4 (NASB) Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” Devotional Video Transcript: There are grumblers amongst Christians now, as there were in the camp of Israel of old. There are those who, when the rod falls, cry out against the affliction. They ask, “Why am I afflicted? What have I done to be chastened in this manner?” A word with you, grumbler! Why should you grumble against the discipline of your heavenly Father? Can he treat you more severely than you deserve? Consider what a rebel you were once, but he has pardoned you! Surely, if he in his wisdom sees fit now to chasten you, you should not complain. After all, are you punished as severely as your sins deserve? Consider the corruption which is in your heart, and then will you wonder that there needs so much of the rod to fetch it out? Weigh yourself, and discern how much dross is mingled with your gold; and do you think the fire too hot to purge away so much dross as you have? Does not that proud rebellious spirit of yours prove that your heart is not thoroughly sanctified? Are not those grumbling words contrary to the holy submissive nature of God’s children? Is not the correction needed? But if you will grumble against the chastening, take heed, for it will go hard with grumblers. God always chastises his children twice, if they do not bear the first stroke patiently. But know one thing — “He does not afflict willingly or grieve the sons of men.” (Lamentations 3:33) All his corrections are sent in love, to purify you, and to draw you nearer to himself. Surely it must help you to bear the chastening with resignation if you are able to recognize your Father’s hand. For “For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives. t is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons.” (Hebrews 12:6-7) “Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.” (1 Corinthians 10:10) ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Correction #Grumbling #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Numbers

Evening, April 29 | “The Lord takes pleasure in His people.” —Psalm 149:4 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: Psalm 149:1-9 (NASB) “Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones. Let Israel be glad in his Maker; Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. Let the godly ones exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, To execute vengeance on the nations And punishment on the peoples, To bind their kings with chains And their nobles with fetters of iron, To execute on them the judgment written; This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the Lord!” Devotional Video Transcript: How comprehensive is the love of Jesus! There is no part of his people’s interests that he does not consider, and there is nothing that concerns their welfare that is not important to him. Not merely does he think of you, believer, as an immortal being, but as a mortal being too. Do not deny it or doubt it: “the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” (Matthew 10:30) “The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way.” (Psalm 37:23) It would be a sad thing for us if this mantle of love did not cover all our concerns, for what mischief might be wrought to us in that part of our business which did not come under our gracious Lord’s inspection! Believer, rest assured that the heart of Jesus cares about your meaner affairs. The breadth of his tender love is such that you may resort to him in all matters; for in all your afflictions he is afflicted, and like as a father pities his children, so does he pity you. The meanest interests of all his saints are all borne upon the broad bosom of the Son of God. Oh, what a heart is his, that does not merely comprehend the persons of his people, but comprehends also the diverse and innumerable concerns of all those persons! Do you think, O Christian, that you can measure the love of Christ? Think of what his love has brought you — justification, adoption, sanctification, eternal life! The riches of his goodness are unsearchable; you shall never be able to tell them out or even conceive them. Oh, the breadth of the love of Christ! Shall such a love as this have half our hearts? Shall it have a cold love in return? Shall Jesus’ marvelous lovingkindness and tender care meet with but faint response and tardy acknowledgment? O my soul, tune your harp to a glad song of thanksgiving! Go to your rest rejoicing, for you are no desolate wanderer, but a beloved child, watched over, cared for, supplied, and defended by your Lord! ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #JesusLove #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Psalms

Morning, April 29 | “You are my refuge in the day of disaster.” —Jeremiah 17:17 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 17:14-18 (NASB) “Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, For You are my praise. Look, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!” But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, Nor have I longed for the woeful day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence. Do not be a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster. Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame; Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them a day of disaster, And crush them with twofold destruction!” Devotional Video Transcript: The path of the Christian is not always bright with sunshine; he has his seasons of darkness and of storm. True, it is written in God’s Word, “Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace;” (Proverbs 3:17) And it is a great truth, that faith is calculated to give a man happiness below as well as bliss above. But experience tells us that if the course of the righteous is “like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day,” (Proverbs 4:18) sometimes that light is eclipsed. yet sometimes that light is eclipsed. At certain periods clouds cover the believer’s sun, and he walks in darkness and sees no light. There are many who have rejoiced in the presence of God for a season; they have basked in the sunshine in the earlier stages of their Christian life. They have walked along the “green pastures” by the side of the “still waters,” but suddenly they find the glorious sky is clouded. Instead of the Land of Goshen they have to tread the sandy desert; in the place of sweet waters, they find troubled streams, bitter to their taste, and they say, “Surely, if I were a child of God, this would not happen.” Oh, say not so, you who are walking in darkness. The best of God’s saints must drink the wormwood; the dearest of his children must bear the cross. No Christian has enjoyed perpetual prosperity; no believer can always keep his harp from the willows. Perhaps the Lord allotted you at first a smooth and unclouded path, because you were weak and timid. He tempered the wind to the shorn lamb, but now that you are stronger in the spiritual life, you must enter upon the riper and rougher experience of God’s full-grown children. We need winds and tempests to exercise our faith, to tear off the rotten bough of self-dependence, and to root us more firmly in Christ. The day of evil reveals to us the value of our glorious hope. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Trials #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Jeremiah

Evening, April 28 | “All the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.” —Ezekiel 3:7 (KJV) This Evening's Scripture Reading: Ezekiel 3:4-9 (KJV) “And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.” Devotional Video Transcript: Are there no exceptions? No, not one. Even God’s favored people are thus described. Are the best so bad? Then what must the worst be? Come, my heart, consider how far you have a share in this universal accusation, and while considering, be prepared to be ashamed of those things of which you have been guilty. The first charge is impudence, or hardness of forehead, a want of holy shame, an unhallowed boldness in evil. Before my conversion, I could sin and feel no compunction, hear of my guilt and yet remain unhumbled, and even confess my iniquity and manifest no inward humiliation on account of it. For a sinner to go to God’s house and pretend to pray to him and praise him argues a brazen-facedness of the worst kind! Alas, since the day of my new birth I have doubted my Lord to his face, murmured unblushingly in his presence, worshipped before him in a slovenly manner, and sinned without bewailing myself concerning it! If my forehead were not like a diamond, harder than flint, I should have far more holy fear, and a far deeper contrition of spirit. Woe is me, I am one of the impudent house of Israel. The second charge is hardheartedness, and I must not venture to plead innocent here. Once I had nothing but a heart of stone, and although through grace I now have a new and fleshy heart, much of my former obstinacy remains. I am not affected by the death of Jesus as I ought to be; neither am I moved by the ruin of my fellow men, the wickedness of the times, the chastisement of my heavenly Father, and my own failures, as I should be. O that my heart would melt at the recital of my Saviour’s sufferings and death. Would to God I were rid of this nether millstone within me, this hateful body of death. Blessed be the name of the Lord, the disease is not incurable, the Savior’s precious blood is the universal solvent, and me, even me, it will effectually soften, till my heart melts as wax before the fire. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Stubborn #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Ezekiel

Morning, April 28 | “Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope.” —Psalm 119:49 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: Psalm 119:49-56 (NASB) “Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me. The arrogant utterly deride me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law. I have remembered Your ordinances from of old, O Lord, And comfort myself. Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who forsake Your law. Your statutes are my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. O Lord, I remember Your name in the night, And keep Your law. This has become mine, That I observe Your precepts.” Devotional Video Transcript: Whatever your special need may be, you may readily find some promise in the Bible suited to it. Are you faint and feeble because your way is rough and you are weary? Here is the promise — “He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power.” (Isaiah 40:29) When you read such a promise, take it back to the great Promise Giver, and ask him to fulfil his own word. Are you seeking after Christ, and thirsting for closer communion with him? This promise shines like a star upon you — “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” (Matthew 5:6) Take that promise to the throne continually; do not plead anything else, but go to God over and over again with this — “Lord, you have said it, do as you have said.” (2 Samuel 7:25) Are you distressed because of sin, and burdened with the heavy load of your iniquities? Listen to these words — “I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins..” (Isaiah 43:25) You have no merit of your own to plead why he should pardon you, but plead his written engagements and he will perform them. Are you afraid lest you should not be able to hold on to the end; after having thought yourself a child of God, you should prove a castaway? If that is your state, take this word of grace to the throne and plead it: “For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken.” (Isaiah 54:10) If you have lost the sweet sense of the Savior’s presence, and are seeking him with a sorrowful heart, remember the promises: “Return unto me, and I will return unto you;” (Zechariah 1:3) “For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great compassion I will gather you.” (Isaiah 54:7) Feast your faith upon God’s own word, and whatever your fears or wants, take them to the Bank of Faith with your Father’s note of hand, saying, “Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope.” ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #GodsPromises #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Psalms

Evening, April 27 | “The Lord is King forever and ever.” —Psalm 10:16 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: Psalm 10:12-18 (NASB) “Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted. Why has the wicked spurned God? He has said to himself, “You will not require it.” You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan. Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none. The Lord is King forever and ever; Nations have perished from His land. O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.” Devotional Video Transcript: Jesus Christ is no tyrant claiming divine right, but he is really and truly the Lord’s anointed! “For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him” (Colossians 1:19) God has given to him all power and all authority. As the Son of man, he is now head over all things to his church, and he reigns over heaven, and earth, and hell, with the keys of life and death at his belt. Certain princes have delighted to call themselves kings by the popular will, and certainly our Lord Jesus Christ is such in his church. If it could be put to the vote whether he should be King in the church, every believing heart would crown him. O that we could crown him more gloriously than we do! We would count no expense to be wasted that could glorify Christ. Suffering would be pleasure, and loss would be gain, if thereby we could surround his brow with brighter crowns, and make him more glorious in the eyes of men and angels. Yes, he shall reign. Long live the King! All hail to you, King Jesus! Go forth, you who love your Lord, bow at his feet, strew his way with the lilies of your love, and the roses of your gratitude: “Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all.” Moreover, our Lord Jesus is King in Zion by right of conquest: he has taken and carried by storm the hearts of his people, and has slain their enemies who held them in cruel bondage. In the Red Sea of his own blood, our Redeemer has drowned the Pharaoh of our sins: shall he not be King in Jeshurun? He has delivered us from the iron yoke and heavy curse of the law: shall not the Liberator be crowned? We are his portion, whom he has taken out of the hand of the enemy with his sword and with his bow: who shall snatch his conquest from his hand? All hail, King Jesus! we gladly own your gentle sway! Rule in our hearts forever, you lovely Prince of Peace. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #KingJesus #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Psalms

Morning, April 27 | “God, our God, blesses us.” —Psalm 67:6 (NASB) This Morning's Scripture Reading: Psalm 67:1-7 (NASB) “God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah. That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness And guide the nations on the earth. Selah. Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us. God blesses us, That all the ends of the earth may fear Him.” Devotional Video Transcript: It is strange how little use we make of the spiritual blessings which God gives us, but it is stranger still how little use we make of God himself. Though he is “our God,” we apply ourselves but little to him, and ask but little of him. How seldom do we ask counsel at the hands of the Lord! How often do we go about our business, without seeking his guidance! In our troubles how constantly do we strive to bear our burdens ourselves, instead of casting them upon the Lord, that he may sustain us! This is not because we may not, for the Lord seems to say, “I am yours, soul, come and make use of me as you will; you may freely come to my store, and the more often, the more welcome.” It is our own fault if we make not free with the riches of our God. Then, since you have such a friend, and he invites you, draw from him daily. Never want while you have a God to go to; never fear or faint while you have God to help you; go to your treasure and take whatever you need — there is all that you can want. Learn the divine skill of making God all things to you. He can supply you with all, or, better still, he can be to you instead of all. Let me urge you, then, to make use of your God. Make use of him in prayer. Go to him often, because he is your God. O, will you fail to use such a great privilege? Fly to him, tell him all your wants. Use him constantly by faith at all times. If some dark providence has beclouded you, use your God as a “sun;” if some strong enemy has beset you, find in Jehovah a “shield,” for he is a sun and shield to his people. If you have lost your way in the mazes of life, use him as a “guide,” for he will direct you. Whatever you are, and wherever you are, remember God is just what you want, and just where you want, and that he can do all that you want. ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Blessed #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Psalms

Evening, April 26 | “Blessed is the one who stays awake.” —Revelation 16:15 (NASB) This Evening's Scripture Reading: Revelation 16:13-16 (NASB) “And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. (“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon.” Devotional Video Transcript: “I die daily,” said the apostle. (1 Corinthians 15:31) This was the life of the early Christians; they went everywhere with their lives in their hands. We are not in this day called to pass through the same fearful persecutions; if we were, the Lord would give us grace to bear the test. But the tests of Christian life, at the present moment, though outwardly not so terrible, are yet more likely to overcome us than even those of the fiery age. We have to bear the sneer of the world — that is little; its blandishments, its soft words, its oily speeches, its fawning, its hypocrisy, are far worse. Our danger is lest we grow rich and become proud, lest we give ourselves up to the fashions of this present evil world, and lose our faith. Or if wealth be not the trial, worldly care is quite as mischievous. If we cannot be torn in pieces by the roaring lion, if we may be hugged to death by the bear. The devil little cares which it is, so long as he destroys our love to Christ, and our confidence in him. I fear that the Christian church is far more likely to lose her integrity in these soft and silken days than in those rougher times. We must be awake now, for we traverse the enchanted ground, and are most likely to fall asleep to our own undoing, unless our faith in Jesus be a reality, and our love to Jesus a vehement flame. Many in these days of easy profession are likely to prove tares, and not wheat; hypocrites with fair masks on their faces, but not the true-born children of the living God. Christian, do not think that these are times in which you can dispense with watchfulness or with holy ardor; you need these things more than ever. May God the eternal Spirit display his omnipotence in you, that you may be able to say, in all these softer things, as well as in the rougher, “We are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Romans 8:37) ----- Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is a classic daily devotional that has been inspiring Christians for over 150 years. It is a collection of 732 meditations on Scripture, one for each morning and evening of the year. Spurgeon's writing is known for its clarity, insight, and wit, and his devotionals are full of practical wisdom and encouragement. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a blessing to millions of Christians over the years. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and knowledge of the Bible. Here are some of the benefits of reading and watching Morning and Evening Daily Devotionals: -It will help you to grow in your knowledge of the Bible and your understanding of God's Word. -It will provide you with practical wisdom and encouragement for your daily life. -It will help you to develop a closer relationship with God. -It will challenge you to grow in your faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God. Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version. Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org #Danger #Devotional #CharlesSpurgeon #Revelation