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A daily devotional of Charles Spurgeon’s most beloved work—Morning and Evening.
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Join us as we journey through the preaching ministry of Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon! (sermon audio)
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C. H. Spurgeon nos leva a refletir sobre as maravilhas do amor de Deus. Destacando versículos bíblicos para cada dia do ano, Spurgeon os comenta de modo piedoso, submisso e encorajador, oferecendo-nos a nutrição que a nossa alma necessita.
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Charles Spurgeon was a popular Baptist minister in London in mid-Victorian times; his ministry was highly influential and had a significant effect on many families in London and further afield. It was difficult to find a hall large enough to accommodate the crowd who wished to hear him. At times the Royal Surrey Gardens’ Music Hall was hired to accomodate the Sunday congregation; this could seat 10,000 but large numbers were unable to gain admittance. His world-wide heritage is very much wit ...
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HE WHO SPOKE and wrote this message will be greatly disappointed if it does not lead many to the Lord Jesus. It is sent forth in childlike dependence upon the power of God the Holy Ghost, to use it in the conversion of millions, if so He pleases. No doubt many poor men and women will take up this little volume, and the Lord will visit them with grace. To answer this end, the very plainest language has been chosen, and many homely expressions have been used. But if those of wealth and rank sh ...
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“Lo, I am with you alway.” — Matthew 28:20 The Lord Jesus is in the midst of His church; He walketh among the golden candlesticks; His promise is, “Lo, I am with you alway.” He is as surely with us now as He was with the disciples at the lake, when they saw coals of fire, and fish laid thereon and bread. Not carnally, but still in real truth, Jesus…
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13 de dezembro. Sal à vontade. (Esdras 7.22) O sal era usado em todas as ofertas queimadas ao fogo para o Senhor. Por suas propriedades de preservação e de purificação, o sal era um símbolo da graça divina no coração. Merece nossa atenção o fato de que quando Artaxerxes deu sal a Esdras, o sacerdote, não estabeleceu limite de quantidade (ver Esdras…
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“The last Adam.” — 1 Corinthians 15:45 Jesus is the federal head of His elect. As in Adam, every heir of flesh and blood has a personal interest, because he is the covenant head and representative of the race as considered under the law of works; so under the law of grace, every redeemed soul is one with the Lord from heaven, since He is the Second…
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“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sentand sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burntofferings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that mysons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”— Job 1:5 What the patriarch did early in the …
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“Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” — Isaiah 7:14 Let us to-day go down to Bethlehem, and in company with wondering shepherds and adoring Magi, let us see Him who was born King of the Jews, for we by faith can claim an interest in Him, and can sing, “Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.” …
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“The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” — Isaiah 40:5 We anticipate the happy day when the whole world shall be converted to Christ; when the gods of the heathen shall be cast to the moles and the bats; when Romanism shall be exploded, and the crescent of Mohammed shall wane, never again to cast its baleful r…
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“For your sakes he became poor.” — 2 Corinthians 8:9 The Lord Jesus Christ was eternally rich, glorious, and exalted; but “though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor.” As the rich saint cannot be true in his communion with his poor brethren unless of his substance he ministers to their necessities, so (the same rule holding with the head…
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“The night also is Thine.” — Psalm 74:16 Yes, Lord, Thou dost not abdicate Thy throne when the sun goeth down,nor dost Thou leave the world all through these long wintry nights to bethe prey of evil; Thine eyes watch us as the stars, and Thine armssurround us as the zodiac belts the sky. The dews of kindly sleep and allthe influences of the moon ar…
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“Friend, go up higher.” — Luke 14:10 When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near toGod, but it is with great fear and trembling. The soul conscious of guilt,and humbled thereby, is overawed with the solemnity of its position; it iscast to the earth by a sense of the grandeur of Jehovah, in whose presenceit stands. With u…
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“The spot of His children.” — Deuteronomy 32:5 What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God’s word reveals it to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to be our guide. Now, we are told concerning our Lord, “to as many as received Him, to the…
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“I will strengthen thee.” — Isaiah 41:10 God has a strong reserve with which to discharge this engagement; for He is able to do all things. Believer, till thou canst drain dry the ocean of omnipotence, till thou canst break into pieces the towering mountains of almighty strength, thou never needest to fear. Think not that the strength of man shall …
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“I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.” — Ezekiel 16:10 See with what matchless generosity the Lord provides for His people’s apparel. They are so arrayed that the divine skill is seen producing an unrivalled broidered work, in which every at…
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“Yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” — 2 Samuel 23:5 This covenant is divine in its origin. “HE hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” Oh that great word HE! Stop, my soul. God, the everlasting Father, has positively made a covenant with thee; yes, that God who spake the world into existence by a word; He, stooping from His maje…
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“Call thy labourers, and give them their hire.” — Matthew 20:8 God is a good paymaster; He pays His servants while at work as well as when they have done it; and one of His payments is this: an easy conscience. If you have spoken faithfully of Jesus to one person, when you go to bed at night you feel happy in thinking, “I have this day discharged m…
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“Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” — Jeremiah 31:3 Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells His Church His love thoughts. “He does not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very presence He says, ‘Thou art all fair, my love.’ It is true, this is not His ordinary method; He is a wise lover, and knows when to keep back the inti…
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“And there was no more sea.” — Revelation 21:1 Scarcely could we rejoice at the thought of losing the glorious old ocean: the new heavens and the new earth are none the fairer to our imagination, if, indeed, literally there is to be no great and wide sea, with its gleaming waves and shelly shores. Is not the text to be read as a metaphor, tinged wi…
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“The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.” — Proverbs 16:33 If the disposal of the lot is the Lord’s whose is the arrangement of our whole life? If the a simple casting of a lot is guided by Him, how much more the events of our entire life — especially when we are told by our blessed Saviour: “The very hairs of …
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“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.” — Proverbs 27:23 Every wise merchant will occasionally hold a stock-taking, when he will cast up his accounts, examine what he has on hand, and ascertain decisively whether his trade is prosperous or declining. Every man who is wise in the kingdom of heaven, will cry, “…
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“Rend your heart, and not your garments.” — Joel 2:13 Garment-rendering and other outward signs of religious emotion, are easily manifested and are frequently hypocritical; but to feel true repentance is far more difficult, and consequently far less common. Men will attend to the most multiplied and minute ceremonial regulations — for such things a…
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“I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” — John 10:9 Jesus, the great I AM, is the entrance into the true church, and the way ofaccess to God Himself. He gives to the man who comes to God by Himfour choice privileges. 1. He shall be saved. The fugitive manslayer passed the gate of the…
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“I remember thee.” — Jeremiah 2:2 Let us note that Christ delights to think upon His Church, and to look upon her beauty. As the bird returneth often to its nest, and as the wayfarer hastens to his home, so doth the mind continually pursue the object of its choice. We cannot look too often upon that face which we love; we desire always to have our …
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“Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened.” — Isaiah 48:8 It is painful to remember that, in a certain degree, this accusation may be laid at the door of believers, who too often are in a measure spiritually insensible. We may well bewail ourselves that we do not hear the voice of God as we ou…
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“Come unto me.” — Matthew 11:28 The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, “Come.” The Jewishlaw harshly said, “Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in whichthou shalt walk. Break the commandments, and thou shalt perish; keepthem, and thou shalt live.” The law was a dispensation of terror, whichdrove men before it as with a scourg…
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“And lay thy foundations with sapphires.” — Isaiah 54:11 Not only that which is seen of the church of God, but that which is unseen, is fair and precious. Foundations are out of sight, and so long as they are firm it is not expected that they should be valuable; but in Jehovah’s work everything is of a piece, nothing slurred, nothing mean. The deep…
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“Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her.” — Ruth 1:14 Both of them had an affection for Naomi, and therefore set out with her upon her return to the land of Judah. But the hour of test came; Naomi most unselfishly set before each of them the trials which awaited them, and bade them if they cared for ease and comfort to return to th…
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“I am crucified with Christ.” — Galatians 2:20 The Lord Jesus Christ acted in what He did as a great public representative person, and His dying upon the cross was the virtual dying of all His people. Then all His saints rendered unto justice what was due, and made an expiation to divine vengeance for all their sins. The apostle of the Gentiles del…
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“They go from strength to strength.” — Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength. There are various renderings of these words, but all of them contain the idea of progress. Our own good translation of the authorized version is enough for us this morning. “They go from strength to strength.” That is, they grow stronger and stronger. Usually, if w…
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“I will make thy windows of agates.” — Isaiah 54:12 The church is most instructively symbolized by a building erected byheavenly power, and designed by divine skill. Such a spiritual house mustnot be dark, for the Israelites had light in their dwellings; there musttherefore be windows to let the light in and to allow the inhabitants to gazeabroad. …
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“Salt without prescribing how much.” — Ezra 7:22 Salt was used in every offering made by fire unto the Lord, and from its preserving and purifying properties it was the grateful emblem of divine grace in the soul. It is worthy of our attentive regard that, when Artaxerxes gave salt to Ezra the priest, he set no limit to the quantity, and we may be …
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“They have dealt treacherously against the Lord.” — Hosea 5:7 Believer, here is a sorrowful truth! Thou art the beloved of the Lord, redeemed by blood, called by grace, preserved in Christ Jesus, accepted in the Beloved, on thy way to heaven, and yet, “thou hast dealt treacherously” with God, thy best friend; treacherously with Jesus, whose thou ar…
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“His ways are everlasting.” — Habakkuk 3:6 What He hath done at one time, He will do yet again. Man’s ways are variable, but God’s ways are everlasting. There are many reasons for this most comforting truth: among them are the following — the Lord’s ways are the result of wise deliberation; He ordereth all things according to the counsel of His own…
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12 de dezembro. Os caminhos de Deus são eternos. (Habacuque 3.6) O que Deus já fez em um tempo, Ele o fará novamente. Os caminhos dos homens são variáveis, mas os caminhos de Deus são eternos. Há muitas razões para esta confortante verdade. Entre elas estão as seguintes: os caminhos do Senhor são o resultado de deliberação sábia. Ele ordena todas a…
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“Ye serve the Lord Christ.” — Colossians 3:24 To what choice order of officials was this word spoken? To kings who proudly boast a right divine? Ah, no! too often do they serve themselves or Satan, and forget the God whose sufferance permits them to wear their mimic majesty for their little hour. Speaks then the apostle to those so-called “right re…
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“Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:24 Heaven is a place where we shall never sin; where we shall cease our constant watch against an indefatigable enemy, because there will be no tempter to ensnare our feet. There the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest. Heaven is the “undefiled inheritanc…
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11 de dezembro. Fiel é o que vos chama, o qual também o fará. (1Tessalonicenses 5.24) O céu é um lugar onde nunca pecaremos e onde cessaremos nossa constante vigilância contra um inimigo incansável. Não haverá qualquer tentador para enredar nossos passos. Ali, o vil cessa de importunar e os fatigados estão em descanso. O céu é a "herança incorruptí…
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“Whose heart the Lord opened.” — Acts 16:14 In Lydia’s conversion there are many points of interest. It was brought about by providential circumstances. She was a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, but just at the right time for hearing Paul we find her at Philippi; providence, which is the handmaid of grace, led her to the right spot. Agai…
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“So shall we ever be with the Lord.” — 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are — and howtransitory! One moment our eyes see Him, and we rejoice with joyunspeakable and full of glory, but again a little time and we do not seeHim, for our beloved withdraws Himself from us; like a roe or a young hartHe leaps over …
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10 de dezembro. E, assim, estaremos para sempre com o Senhor. (1Tessalonicenses 4.17) Até as mais agradáveis visitas de Cristo são breves e transitórias. Em um momento, nossos olhos O vêem e nos regozijamos II com alegria indizível e cheia de glória" (1 Pedro 1.8), porém, no momento seguinte, nosso Amado se retrai de nós. Em semelhança de uma corça…
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“My people shall dwell in quiet resting places.” — Isaiah 32:18 Peace and rest belong not to the unregenerate, they are the peculiar possession of the Lord’s people, and of them only. The God of Peace gives perfect peace to those whose hearts are stayed upon Him. When man was unfallen, his God gave him the flowery bowers of Eden as his quiet restin…
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“Therefore will the Lord wait that He may be gracious unto you.” — Isaiah 30:18 God often DELAYS IN ANSWERING PRAYER. We have several instances of this in sacred Scripture. Jacob did not get the blessing from the angel until near the dawn of day — he had to wrestle all night for it. The poor woman of Syrophenicia was answered not a word for a long …
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Por isso, o SENHOR espera, para ter misericórdia de vós. (Isaías 30.18) Frequentemente Deus se mostra demorado em responder à oração. Temos várias ocorrências disso nas Escrituras. Jacó não recebeu a bênção do anjo enquanto não se aproximava o amanhecer; Jacó teve de lutar durante toda a noite pela bênção. A mulher sírio-fenícia não recebeu uma pal…
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