Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a remarkable preacher who at his funeral service was called the “Prince of Preachers.” By his early 20′s he was regularly preaching to crowds of several thousand and his sermons are still read widely today. He obviously had a very special gifting and calling from God. However what he was really [...]
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Yesterday Spurgeon’s morning devotional was called sin exceedingly sinful and contained the following: Beware of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender, that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear lest they should offend against God…… It is sadly true, [...]
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For those of us who know they have the tendency to be idle then the following piece called The Perils of Idleness from The Daily Spurgeon website is worth reading.
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Some thoughts from Spurgeon on How God uses Affliction.
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Spurgeon’s devotion for this evening on the Heartlight website looks at the story of Martha and Mary. When Jesus came to their house Martha was busy working in the kitchen whilst Mary sat listening to Jesus. Spurgeon makes the following important comment: The first thing for our soul’s health, the first thing for his glory, [...]
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This is another well written article on suffering entitled “The Multiple Means to Joy: Spurgeon on Suffering” which will help us as we wrestle with this difficult subject.
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This morning in Spurgeon’s devotions he focused on the phrase in Joel 2:13 “Rend your heart, and not your garments.” In particular I found his comments below on rending our hearts both challenging and helpful: HEART-RENDING is divinely wrought and solemnly felt. It is a secret grief which is personally experienced, not in mere form, [...]
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