Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live” (Ezekiel 47:9). The living waters, in the prophet’s vision, flowed into the Dead Sea and carried life with them, even into that stagnant lake. Where grace goes, spiritual life is the […]
CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Faith’s Checkbook: The Life-Giving Stream 9/25/2023
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Faith’s Checkbook: Like Palm and Cedar 9/19/2023
Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon” (Psalm 92:12) These trees are not trained and pruned by man: palms and cedars are “trees of the LORD,” and it is by His care that they flourish. Even so it is […]
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Faith’s Checkbook: Coming In; Going Out 9/5/2023
Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon “Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out” (Deuteronomy 28:6). The blessings of the law are not canceled. Jesus confirmed the promise when He bore the penalty. If I keep the commands of my LORD, I may appropriate this promise […]
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Faith’s Checkbook: Love and Seek True Wisdom 8/22/2023
by C. H. Spurgeon “I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me early shall find Me” (Proverbs 8:17) Wisdom loves her lovers and seeks her seekers. He is already wise who seeks to be wise, and he has almost found wisdom who diligently seeks her. What is true of wisdom in […]
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Faith’s Checkbook: Promise of Future Meeting 8/1/2023
Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon “l will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice” (John 16:22). Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return! But this promise is being dainty fulfilled in another […]
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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Faith’s Checkbook: Perfect Purity 7/24/2023
Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon “He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment” (Revelation 3:5). Warrior of the cross, fight on! Never rest till thy victory is complete, for thine eternal reward will prove worthy of a life of warfare. See, here is perfect purity for thee! A few in Sardis […]
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Faith’s Checkbook: Wilderness Communion 7/18/2023
Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon “I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her” (Hosea 2:14). The goodness of God sees us allured by sin, and it resolves to try upon us the more powerful allurements of love. Do we not remember when the Lover of our souls […]
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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems from Pastor Jim 7/17/2023
Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes Ps. 73:26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Our health gives out on us. It is a part of being human. As we age different parts of our bodies begin to fail us […]
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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Faith’s Checkbook: A Staircase to Heaven 6/26/2023
Send to Kindle by C. H. Spurgeon “And He saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man” (John 1:51) Yes, to our faith this sight is plain even at this day. We do see heaven opened. Jesus […]
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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Faith’s Checkbook: Rain Without Clouds? Never! 5/22/2023
Send to Kindle by Charles Haddon Spurgeon “If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth” (Ecclesiastes 11:3). Why, then, do we dread the clouds which now darken our sky? True, for a while they hide the sun, but the sun is not quenched; He will shine out again before […]
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