Fertiliser Helps Grow Seeds
Fertiliser Helps Grow Seeds The Sunday school teacher was teaching a class of children about creation. “Now, children,” she said, “Who can tell us what makes the flower spring from the seed?” “God does it,” answered one little girl, “but fertilizer helps. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Faith and Reason – Charles Spurgeon
Faith and Reason – Charles Spurgeon An old writer says: — Faith and Reason may be compared to two Travellers; Faith is like a man in full health, who can walk his twenty or thirty miles at a time without suffering; Reason is like a little child, who can only, with difficulty, accomplish three or […]
Few moments – in Doing Good – Charles Spurgeon
Few moments – in Doing Good – Charles Spurgeon Quick must be the hand if an impression is to be made upon the melted wax. Once let the wax cool and you will press the seal in vain. Cold and hard it will be in a few moments, therefore let the work be quickly done. […]
Frivolity Of Mind – Charles H Spurgeon
Frivolity Of Mind – Charles H Spurgeon If over that little heap of dust you hold a good magnet, should there be present a nail, or a needle, or a few iron filings, they will at once spring up and cling to the attracting bar. And were there only a magnet strong enough, it might […]
Frivolities Render Men Callous To The Gospel – Charles H Spurgeon
Frivolities Render Men Callous To The Gospel – Charles H Spurgeon ‘When Bonaparte put the Duke d’Enghien to death, all Paris felt so much horror at the event that the throne of the tyrant trembled under him. A counterrevolution was exp ted, and would most probably have taken place, had not Bonaparte ordered a new […]
Friendship Of The World Vanity – Charles H Spurgeon
Friendship Of The World Vanity – Charles H Spurgeon The vanity of all friendship which is not founded in true principle, was never more plainly expressed than in an honest, but heartless, sentence of one of Horace Walpole’s letters. ‘If one of my friends happens to die, I drive down to St. James’s Coffee-house, and […]
Formality Habits Of Worthless – Charles H Spurgeon
Formality Habits Of Worthless – Charles H Spurgeon That honored servant of Christ, Richard Knill, notes in his journal the following amusing incident of the force of habit, as exemplified in his horse. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Loveless would have me live with them, but they charged me very little for my board, whereby I was […]
Formalism Tricks Of – Charles H Spurgeon
Formalism Tricks Of – Charles H Spurgeon In Mrs. Grant’s ‘Letters from the Mountains’ (1806), is the following anecdote of the then Duchess of Gordon. ‘The duchess said that on Sunday she never saw company, nor played cards, nor went out: in England, indeed, she did so, because every one else did the same, but […]
Flocks of greedy albatrosses-Charles Spurgeon
Flocks of greedy albatrosses-Charles Spurgeon A recent traveler, relating the incidents of his voyage to India, writes : — ” Flocks of greedy albatrosses, petrels, and Cape pigeons, crowded around the ship’s stern. A hook was baited with fat, when upwards of a dozen albatrosses instantly rushed at it, and as one after another was […]
Forebodings Falsified – Charles H Spurgeon
Forebodings Falsified – Charles H Spurgeon John Condor, afterwards D.D., was born at Wimple in Cambridgeshire, June 3, 1714. His grandfather, Richard Condor, kissed him, and, with tears in his eyes, said, ‘Who knows what sad days these little eyes are likely to see?’ things wearing at that time a threatening aspect, relative to Dissenters. […]
Fog A Figure Of Our Partial Knowledge – Charles H Spurgeon
Fog A Figure Of Our Partial Knowledge – Charles H Spurgeon Being once surrounded by a dense mist on the Styhead Pass in the Lake District, we felt ourselves to be transported into a world of mystery where everything was swollen to a size and appearance more vast, more terrible, than is usual on this […]
Fear Of Sin – Charles H Spurgeon
Fear Of Sin – Charles H Spurgeon The old naturalist, Ulysses Androvaldus, tells us that a dove is so afraid of a hawk, that she will be frightened at the sight of one of its feathers. Whether it be so or not, I cannot tell; but this I know, that when a man has had […]
False Ropes Danger Of – Charles H Spurgeon
False Ropes Danger Of – Charles H Spurgeon A sailor while clinging with others to a waterlogged vessel, observed great swarms of sharks and other ferocious fish swimming on all sides, as if waiting for their prey. If men had eyes might they not clearly see evil spirits gathering around the sinking hulks of Romanism […]
False Confidences – Charles H Spurgeon
False Confidences – Charles H Spurgeon Some years ago, there was a bridge at Bath in so crazy a condition, that cautious persons chose rather to make a long circuit than run the risk of crossing it. One day, however, a very nervous lady, hurrying home to dress for the evening, came suddenly upon the […]
Faith And Works – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith And Works – Charles H Spurgeon ‘Twas an unhappy division that has been made between faith and works. Though in my intellect I may divide them, just as in the candle I know there is both light and heat, but yet put out the candle, and they are both gone; one remains not without […]
Faith Triumph Of – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith Triumph Of – Charles H Spurgeon During an earthquake that occurred a few years since, the inhabitants of a small village were generally very much alarmed, but they were at the same time surprised at the calmness and apparent joy of an old lady whom they all knew. At length one of them, addressing […]
Faith The Summary Of Virtue – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith The Summary Of Virtue – Charles H Spurgeon The Jews in the Talmud have the saying, ‘The whole law was given to Moses at Sinai, in six hundred and thirteen precepts.’ David, in the fifteenth Psalm, brings them all within the compass of eleven. Isaiah brings them to six, Isaiah 33:4; Micah to three, […]
Faith Stimulating Endeavour – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith Stimulating Endeavour – Charles H Spurgeon Se the spider casting out her film to the gale, she feel persuaded that somewhere or other it will adhere and for the commencement of her web. She commits the slender filament to the breeze believing that there is a place provide’ for it to fix itself. In […]
Faith Overcoming Temptation – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith Overcoming Temptation – Charles H Spurgeon When a traveller was asked whether he did not admire the admirable structure of some stately building, ‘No,’ said he, ‘for I’ve been at Rome, where better are to be seen every day.’ O believer, if the world tempt thee with its rare sights and curious prospects, thou […]
Faith God’s Trial Of – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith God’s Trial Of – Charles H Spurgeon At the battle of Crescy, where Edward the Black Prince, then a youth of eighteen years of age, led the van, the king, his father, drew up a strong party on a rising ground, and there beheld the conflict in readiness to send relief where ft should […]
Faith God’s Regard For It – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith God’s Regard For It – Charles H Spurgeon A swallow having built its nest upon the tent of Charles V., the emperor generously commanded that the tent should not be taken down when the camp removed, but should remain until the young birds were ready to fly. Was there such gentleness in the heart […]
Faith A Death Grip – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith A Death Grip – Charles H Spurgeon A sea captain related at a prayer-meeting in Boston a short time ago a thrilling incident in his own experience. ‘A few years ago,’ said he, ‘I was sailing by the island Cuba, when the cry ran through the ship, ‘Man overboard!’ It was impossible to put […]
Faith 2 – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith 2 – Charles H Spurgeon The Emperor Napoleon I. was reviewing some troops upon the Place du Carrousel, in Paris; and, in giving an order, he thoughtlessly dropped the bridle upon his horse’s neck, which instantly set off on a gallop. The emperor was obliged to cling to the saddle. At this moment a […]
Faith – Charles H Spurgeon
Faith – Charles H Spurgeon The stupendous Falls of Niagara have been spoken of in every part of the world; but while they are marvelous to hear of and wonderful as a spectacle, they have been very destructive to human life, when by accident any have been carried down the cataract. Some years ago, two […]
foundation – Charles Spurgeon
foundation – Charles Spurgeon ” A Swiss Traveller,” says a writer in the Edinburgh Review, “describes a village, situated on the slope of a great mountain, of which the strata shelve in the direction of the place. Huge crags, directly overhanging the village, and massy enough to sweep the whole of it into the torrent […]
Firm Tree is like Nourished Piety Charles H Spurgeon- Charles H Spurgeon
Firm Tree is like Nourished Piety Charles H Spurgeon The pine, placed nearly always among scenes disordered and desolate, brings into them all possible elements of order and precision. Lowland trees may lean to this side and that, though it is but a meadow breeze that bends them, or a bank of cowslips from which […]
Fatigue
Fatigue The National Sleep Foundation says that about 70 million Americans operate on inadequate sleep at any given time. This fatigue results in a tremendous loss of productivity both on the job and at home. The average worker spends more than an hour per day doing nothing for their employer and costing American businesses over […]
Fishermen Must Fish
Fishermen Must Fish The story is told about a group called themselves fishermen. There were many fish in the water all around this group. In fact, the whole area was surrounded by streams and lakes filled with fish. And the fish were hungry. Week after week, month after month, and year after year, these who […]
Forgiveness
Forgiveness An attorney, after meditating on several Scriptures, decided to cancel the debts of all his clients that had owed him money for more than 6 months. He drafted a letter explaining his decision and its Biblical basis and sent 17 debt canceling letters via certified mail. One by one, the letters were returned by […]
Famine in the Tribulation
Famine in the Tribulation The black horse spoken of in Revelation 6:5-6 forebodes death, and the pair of balances bespeaks a careful rationing of food. Normally, a “penny” (a Roman denarius, a day’s wages in Palestine in Jesus’ day, Mt. 20:2) would buy eight measures of wheat or twenty-four of barley. Under these famine conditions […]
Fleeting Wealth
Fleeting Wealth James Marshall left his family’s home in New Jersey as a young man and, like so many others, began a migration west. After contracting malaria while living in Missouri he was advised to go further west, and in 1845 he arrived in California. He worked a number of different jobs and served in […]
Follow Christ
Follow Christ I once read the story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the application that asked, “Are you a leader?” Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, “No,” and returned the application, expecting the worst. To her surprise, she received […]
Flag of Joy
Flag of Joy “Joy is the flag which is flown from the castle of the heart when the King is in residence there.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Face the Music
Face the Music Have you ever heard the expression “face the music”? Here’s how that phrase came about. Many years ago, a man wanted to play in the Imperial Orchestra, but he couldn’t play a note. Since he was a person of great wealth and influence, however, he demanded to be allowed to join the […]
Faith to Trust God During Trials
Faith to Trust God During Trials A young woman named Anne Steele had encountered one trial and disappointment after another. Her mother died when she was three, and when she was nineteen she suffered a severe hip injury that left her an invalid. Eventually she fell in love and was engaged to be married, but […]
First Things First
First Things First Surprised to see an empty seat at the super bowl stadium, a diehard fan remarked about it to a man sitting nearby. “It was my wife’s,” the man explained, “But she died.” “Oh! I’m very sorry to hear that,” said the man. “Yet I’m really surprised that another relative, or friend, didn’t […]
Financial Priorities
Financial Priorities A lady was standing in front of a casino when she was approached by a desperate looking man, “Please!” the man begged frantically, “Could you possibly spare $500. My wife is very sick, and I really need the money to take her to the doctor and to buy her the medicine she needs.” […]
Feeling Special
Feeling Special One man said, “Few things upset my wife. It makes me feel rather special to be one of them.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Funeral for a Cat
Funeral for a Cat The story is told about a lady who was very distraught because her pet cat died. His name was Homer. She called a local Baptist church and asked the minister if he performed funerals for cats and of course he told her he did not, but suggested she call the Presbyterian […]
Finding Time Alone
Finding Time Alone No matter the size of her family or ages of her children, any woman who wants to have some time alone can always find it by simply doing the dishes. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Finding Your Inner Self
Finding Your Inner Self Did you hear about the lady who said, “I finally got a hold of my inner self and she’s just a confused as I am!” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Fullness of Christ – Charles Spurgeon
Fullness of Christ – Charles Spurgeon I WAS in Windermere some three weeks ago, on a hot, dusty day, and I saw a little gushing stream of water, and a chain with a ladle to it for the passer-by to drink. I wanted to drink, and I went to it, but the ladle was cracked […]
Fruitfulness, Christian – Charles Spurgeon
Fruitfulness, Christian – Charles Spurgeon SOMETIMES in our garden we have a tree which is so loaded with fruit that we have to put props under it to keep the branches from trembling; there are one or two in this church of that sort, who bear much fruit for God, and are so weak in […]
Friendship with God, Necessity of – Charles Spurgeon
Friendship with God, Necessity of – Charles Spurgeon YOU doat upon that wife of yours; she may be smitten before your eyes, and waste with consumption or decline, or, more rapidly still, she may be taken from you at a stroke, and then where is your joy? Those children, those happy prattlers who make glad […]
Friendship with God in Death – Charles Spurgeon
Friendship with God in Death – Charles Spurgeon I SHOULD not choose to enter upon the realm of spirits without having God to be my friend; for it were a dreadful thing to get into that mysterious unknown country, having nothing to take with me across its bourne except this—an inveterate enmity to the King […]
Friendship, Ties of—Easily Broken – Charles Spurgeon
Friendship, Ties of—Easily Broken – Charles Spurgeon WITH very many, friendship sits very loosely: they could almost write as Horace Walpole does in one of his letters. He says he takes everything very easily, “and if,” says he, “a friend should die, I drive down to the St. James’s coffeehouse, and bring home another,” doubtless […]
Friendship, Perpetuity of True – Charles Spurgeon
Friendship, Perpetuity of True – Charles Spurgeon SOLOMON, speaking not of the world’s sham friends, but of friends indeed, says, “A friend loves at all times.” Having once given his heart to his chosen companion, he clings to him in all weathers, fair or foul; he loves him none the less because he becomes poor, […]
Fretfulness, Folly of – Charles Spurgeon
Fretfulness, Folly of – Charles Spurgeon NO good comes out of fretful, petulant, unbelieving heart-trouble. This lion yields no honey. If it would help you, you might reasonably sit down and weep until the tears had washed away your woe. If it were really to some practical benefit to be suspicious of God and distrustful […]
Free Will and Grace – Charles Spurgeon
Free Will and Grace – Charles Spurgeon THE Lord knows how to leave us free, and yet to make us do his bidding, and therein lies the beauty of gospel influences. Suppose man’s will to be a room; if you and I want to open it, we break in the lock; we do not understand […]
Free Thought, Judgment of – Charles Spurgeon
Free Thought, Judgment of – Charles Spurgeon THERE is a notion abroad that thought is free; but I remember reading, that although thoughts are toll-free, they are not hell-free; and that saying quite agrees with the good old Book. We cannot be summoned before an earthly court for thinking; but depend upon it we shall […]
Forsaking God, Folly of – Charles Spurgeon
Forsaking God, Folly of – Charles Spurgeon WHEN a child runs away from its home because it has a brutal parent, it is excused; but when the child leaves a tender mother and an affectionate father, what shall we say? If the sleep quits a barren field to seek after needed pasturage, who shall blame […]
Formalism in Prayer – Charles Spurgeon
Formalism in Prayer – Charles Spurgeon A MERE formalist can always pray so as to please himself. What has he to do but to open his book and read the prescribed words, or bow his knee and repeat such phrases as suggest themselves to his memory or his fancy? Like the Tartarian Praying Machine, give […]
Folly of Resisting God – Charles Spurgeon
Folly of Resisting God – Charles Spurgeon THE huge Matterhorn lifts its colossal head above the clouds. Who will may speak against it; but it bows not its giant form; and no matter what of snow and sleet may dash against its ramparts, there it stands, still the same; emblem herein of the great throne […]
Forgiveness, leading to Holiness – Charles Spurgeon
Forgiveness, leading to Holiness – Charles Spurgeon IF a man has committed every crime in the whole catalogue of villainy, and his heart has become hard as the nether millstone, and his disposition altogether base and mean, and groveling, and sensual, and devilish, the Spirit of God can turn that man in a single moment […]
Forgiveness, Freeness of – Charles Spurgeon
Forgiveness, Freeness of – Charles Spurgeon MIRTHFUL, dissolute man, there is that poor girl ruined body and soul, through you, in years gone by, and nothing you can ever do can undo that mischief. Could your tears forever flow, you can never unwrite the past, nor restore the lost one. Could you bring that wandering […]
Forbearance of God sparing Life – Charles Spurgeon
Forbearance of God sparing Life – Charles Spurgeon YOU have no warrant either from his word or from his angels to assure you that God has suspended the sentence even for the next hour. You are living by his forbearance, spared by the divine sovereignty. Some rave against sovereignty, but in this case it is […]
Flesh, Works of—Withering – Charles Spurgeon
Flesh, Works of—Withering – Charles Spurgeon WHEN I was seeking the Lord, I not only believed that I could not pray without divine help, but I felt in my very soul that I could not. Then I could not even feel aright, or mourn as I would, or groan as I would. I longed to […]
Fishers of Men – Charles Spurgeon
Fishers of Men – Charles Spurgeon I SAW on Lake Como, when we visited Bellagio, some men fishing. They had torches burning in their boats, and the fish were attracted to them by the glare of the light. You must know how to get the fish together. You know there is such a thing as […]
Finding Christ, Recompense of – Charles Spurgeon
Finding Christ, Recompense of – Charles Spurgeon LET me assure you when you have found the Lord, your waiting will be richly recompensed. I would have lingered at his doors for eighty years if he would for a recompense give me but the one kiss of his lips. I would gladly lie at his pool […]
Final Perseverance, guaranteed by Christ – Charles Spurgeon
Final Perseverance, guaranteed by Christ – Charles Spurgeon THE very least of God’s people is safe, because the love of Christ is as much set upon the least as the greatest; because Jesus has as much bought with blood the least as the greatest; because Christ is as much the Surety of the little saints […]
Final Perseverance a Spur to Service – Charles Spurgeon
Final Perseverance a Spur to Service – Charles Spurgeon I CAN never conceive that it dispirits the soldier, when he is fighting, to tell him that he must win the victory. This is what Cromwell’s Ironsides said when they saw the great general riding along the ranks, “‘Tis he!” they said, “’tis he!” They felt […]
Filial Love seen in Small Services – Charles Spurgeon
Filial Love seen in Small Services – Charles Spurgeon OUTSIDE, in the streets, a man’s companions will do him a kindness, and the action performed is friendly; but for filial acts you must look inside the house. There the child does not lend money to its father, or negociate business, yet in his little acts […]
Fidelity tested by Non-success – Charles Spurgeon
Fidelity tested by Non-success – Charles Spurgeon TO go on tilling a thankless soil, to continue to cast bread upon the waters and to find no return, has caused many a true heart to faint with inward bleeding. Yet this is full often the test of our fidelity. It is a noble thing to continue […]
Festival of the Saints – Charles Spurgeon
Festival of the Saints – Charles Spurgeon THE ancients were very fond of festive songs. When they assembled at their great festivals, led by their chosen minstrels, they sang right joyously, with boisterous mirth. Let those who will speak to the praise of wine, my soul shall extol the precious blood of Jesus; let who […]
Fellowship with Christ, Strength for Service – Charles Spurgeon
Fellowship with Christ, Strength for Service – Charles Spurgeon IN the battle of Salamanca, when Wellington bade one of his officers advance with his troops, and occupy a gap, which the Duke perceived in the lines of the French, the general rode up to him, and said, “My lord, I will do the work, but […]
Fellowship, Constant Desire for – Charles Spurgeon
Fellowship, Constant Desire for – Charles Spurgeon I SAW a group of lovely ferns the other day in a grotto from the roof of which continually distilled a cool, clear, crystal rain: these ferns were perpetually fresh and beautiful, because their leaves were continually bathed in the refreshing drops. Although it was at a season […]
Feeble Churches, Care for the – Charles Spurgeon
Feeble Churches, Care for the – Charles Spurgeon WHEN slips of flowers are first put into the ground, they want more water than they will do afterwards; when they have sent out more roots, and these roots have abundant fibers searching through the soil for moisture, they may not require much of the gardener’s care, […]
Faults, A Looking-glass for – Charles Spurgeon
Faults, A Looking-glass for – Charles Spurgeon YOU can see great faults in others; but, my dear brother, be sure to look in the looking-glass every morning, and you will see quite as many faults, or else your eyes are weak. If that looking-glass were to show you your own heart you would never dare […]
Fatherhood of God, Comfort of – Charles Spurgeon
Fatherhood of God, Comfort of – Charles Spurgeon A FATHER! There is music in that word, but not to a fatherless child—to him it is full of sorrowful memories. Those who have never lost a father can scarcely know how precious a relation a father is. A father who is a father indeed, is very […]
Fatherhood of God – Charles Spurgeon
Fatherhood of God – Charles Spurgeon A GREAT iron wall of material forces is set up by certain philosophers between us and the great all-working Jehovah. We hear little about him, but very much of the laws of nature: we take the thermometer and say, “Oh, the temperature fell so many degrees, and it was […]
Father, Love of—Precious – Charles Spurgeon
Father, Love of—Precious – Charles Spurgeon CAESAR’S imperial couch is hard compared with the bosom of God. Caesar’s scepter is a cumbrous thing compared with the ring of love which surrounds our finger. Give us but the Father’s love, and who will may have the Indies. Ay, let the worlds be given to whom God […]
Fame, Danger of – Charles Spurgeon
Fame, Danger of – Charles Spurgeon MANY activities are kept up by the love of fame. Men have climbed step by step the ladder of public esteem, and loved the dizzy height. How men will flame and blaze while fame blows the bellows! How content men are to burn away their lives for the approbation […]
Faith, Vitality of – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Vitality of – Charles Spurgeon FAITH, casting herself upon the power of her Lord, never grows exhausted. She is like the eagle when it renews its youth. She drinks from the fountain head of all vitality, and her lost vigor comes back to her; such a soul would be strong evermore though she had […]
Faith, Unconquerable – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Unconquerable – Charles Spurgeon THE faith of God’s elect can write “invicta” upon its escutcheon; it is unconquered and unconquerable; but the faith which springs from mere human reason will speedily give way like a pasteboard helmet, or a wooden sword. O sharp temptations! terrible as you are to me, yet I thank God […]
Faith, the Sign of Life – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, the Sign of Life – Charles Spurgeon SEE you yonder battle-field, strewn with men who have fallen in the terrible conflict! many have been slain, many more are wounded, and there they lie in ghastly confusion, the dead all stark and stiff, covered with their own crimson, and the wounded faint and bleeding, unable […]
Faith, The Old – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, The Old – Charles Spurgeon THE followers of Whitfield and Wesley, instead of proving with diffidence, and apologizing for the gospel with half-heartedness, came forth with, “Thus and thus says the Lord.” They mounted their pulpits as monarchs mount their thrones; and stood forward not as timid apologists, but as ambassadors armed with divine […]
Faith, the Minister’s Strength – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, the Minister’s Strength – Charles Spurgeon FAITH cries, “Trust me, my son, to make you preach better. Have more enterprise. Be more daring. Do not fight your own battle in the church-meeting, leave it to your God; trust all with him. Do not be afraid to go and speak to that foul-mouthed man; I […]
Faith, the Indicator of the New Life – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, the Indicator of the New Life – Charles Spurgeon THE simplicity and apparent easiness of faith is no reason why I should not regard its existence as an infallible indication of the new birth within. How know we that the newborn child lives except by its cry? Yet a child’s cry—what a simple sound […]
Faith Strong in the King’s Presence – Charles Spurgeon
Faith Strong in the King’s Presence – Charles Spurgeon WHEN the King is with us, faith is confident, because God girds faith as with a golden belt, and from head to foot clothes her with a panoply of armor, and puts a sword into her hand which is all-destroying, and with which she cuts through […]
Faith, Signs of the Greatness of – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Signs of the Greatness of – Charles Spurgeon BY some means Satan almost always manages it this way, that when we get a little hope it is generally a self-grounded hope, a vain idea that we are getting better in ourselves—a mischievous conceit: proud flesh, which hinders the cure, and which the surgeon must […]
Faith Preserving from Death – Charles Spurgeon
Faith Preserving from Death – Charles Spurgeon THAT old house, still standing in the High Street at Chester, is a lasting proof of the power of faith, with its old letters cut in the black wood, “God’s Providence is mine inheritance.” When everybody else was flying out of Chester into the country, the man who […]
Faith, Personal – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Personal – Charles Spurgeon HAVE you never found it to be wonderfully easy to believe for other people? I know when I was seeking the Savior, I had no doubt about his receiving any other penitent. I felt certain that if the vilest sinner out of Hell had come to him, he was able […]
Faith, Perfection of – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Perfection of – Charles Spurgeon PERHAPS you have been on the top of a mountain, such as the Rigi or as Snowdon. You know these mountains do not move. They are good solid rock under your feet. But people erect platforms on the top of them to see the sun rise a little sooner, […]
Faith looking for Triumph – Charles Spurgeon
Faith looking for Triumph – Charles Spurgeon FAITH grasps the reality of this Book; she does not look upon it as a sepulcher with a stone laid thereon, but as a temple in which Christ reigns; as an ivory palace out of which he comes riding in his chariot, conquering and to conquer. Faith does […]
Faith, Life of – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Life of – Charles Spurgeon FAITH is not a piece of confectionery to be put upon drawing room tables, or a garment to be worn on Sundays; it is a working principle, to be used in the barn and in the field, in the shop and on the exchange; it is a grace for […]
Faith in Daily Life – Charles Spurgeon
Faith in Daily Life – Charles Spurgeon NOT alone in the study and in the closet, not alone in the assembly of the saints and at the table of fellowship, but in the market and on the exchange, in the shop and the counting-house, in the parlor or the drawing-room, at the plough-tail or at […]
Faith, Imperfect – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Imperfect – Charles Spurgeon WHEN I first went to Switzerland, with a friend, from Lucerne, we saw a mountain in the distance which we were going to climb. I pointed out a place where we should stop half-way up, and I said, “We shall be there in about four hours and a half.” “Four […]
Faith, Great Things Wrought by – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Great Things Wrought by – Charles Spurgeon WHEN the College of which I am President had been commenced, for a year or so all my means stayed; my purse was dried up, and I had no other means of carrying it on. In this very house, one Sunday evening, I had paid away all […]
Faith fulfilling the Divine Purposes – Charles Spurgeon
Faith fulfilling the Divine Purposes – Charles Spurgeon MR. RICHARD KNILL, of happy and glorious memory, an earnest worker for Christ, felt moved, I know not why, to take me on his knee, at my grandfather’s house, and to utter words like these, which were treasured up by the family, and by myself especially, “This […]
Faith Essential to Religion – Charles Spurgeon
Faith Essential to Religion – Charles Spurgeon TAKE away the Christian’s faith, and the vitality of his religion has departed. Oh! many will get to Heaven whose patience was very maimed, and some whose eye of hope was very dim; and there be some saints, I doubt not, entering into life halt and maimed, destitute […]
Faith, Definition of – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Definition of – Charles Spurgeon TRUE faith is reliance. Look at any Greek lexicon you like, and you will find that the word ðéóôåõåéí does not merely mean to believe, but to trust, to confide in, to commit to, entrust with, and so forth; and the marrow of the meaning of faith is confidence […]
Faith bringing the Distant near – Charles Spurgeon
Faith bringing the Distant near – Charles Spurgeon STANDING on some of the Alpine summits, you look far and wide, and see lakes spread at a distance beneath your feet, and far away there is a range of black mountains, or of hills clothed with snows; you know they are perhaps two hundred miles distant, […]
Faith, Anticipations of – Charles Spurgeon
Faith, Anticipations of – Charles Spurgeon FARSEEING faith climbs the staircase which hope has built, and bowing upon the knees of prayer looks through the window which love has opened, and sees the Lord Jesus Christ coming in his glory and endowing all his people with the eternal life which is to be their portion. […]
Faith answered by God – Charles Spurgeon
Faith answered by God – Charles Spurgeon I RECOLLECT one night, when we resolved to build this house of prayer, we knew that we were poor, much too poor ever to be able to raise so large a sum as this house would cost, especially when the vow was registered that it should never be […]
Faint Hearts cared for by Christ – Charles Spurgeon
Faint Hearts cared for by Christ – Charles Spurgeon WHEN the flock is on the march, it will happen, unless the shepherd is very watchful, that the lambs will lag behind. Those great Syrian flocks which feed in the plains of Palestine have to be driven many miles, because the pasturage is scant and the […]
Forerunner to Success
Forerunner to Success A reporter once asked a bank president what his secret of success was. the president replied, “Two words.” “And what are they?” “Right decisions.” “How are right decisions made?” “One word.” “What is that?” “Experience.” “How do you get experience?” “Two words.” “What are they?” “Wrong decisions.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Finding Christ’s Riches
Finding Christ’s Riches A rich man was in the habit of giving his wife an expensive piece of jewelry every year on her birthday. One year he might phone the jeweler and say, “Send me your finest pearl necklace, along with your bill.” Or, “Send me your finest diamond pendant, along with your bill.” Or […]
Follow God’s Call
Follow God’s Call When Adoniram Judson graduated from college and seminary he received a call from a fashionable church in Boston to become its assistant pastor. Everyone congratulated him. His mother and sister rejoiced that he could live at home with them and do his life work, but Judson shook his head. “My work is […]
Following Orders
Following Orders Roger Staubach, who led the Dallas Cowboys to the Super Bowl victory in 1971, admitted that his position as a quarterback who didn’t call his own signals was a source of trial for him. Coach Landry sent in every play. He told Roger when to pass, when to run, and only in emergency […]
Free from Sin
Free from Sin President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. The moment it went into effect on January 1, 1863, every slave living in the Confederacy was legally free. But until they knew of their freedom, the legal fact had no impact on their lives. In fact, Union soldiers carried hundreds […]
Freedom Requires Sacrifice
Freedom Requires Sacrifice Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the fifty-six, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the Revolutionary Army. Another had two sons captured. […]
Forgiveness
Forgiveness An attorney, after meditating on several Scriptures, decided to cancel the debts of all his clients that had owed him money for more than 6 months. He drafted a letter explaining his decision and its Biblical basis and sent 17 debt canceling letters via certified mail. One by one, the letters were returned by […]
Forgiving and Forgetting
Forgiving and Forgetting Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was reminded one day of a vicious deed that someone had done to her years before. But she acted as if she had never even heard of the incident. “Don’t you remember it?” her friend asked. “No,” came Barton’s reply, “I distinctly remember forgetting […]
From East to West
From East to West Someone asked an elderly Christian lady, “Does the devil ever trouble you about your past sins?” She answered, “Yes.” When the inquirer asked what she did then, she replied, “Oh, I just tell him to go east.” “What do you do if he comes back?” “I tell him to go west.” […]
Father’s Day Card
Father’s Day Card Executives of a greeting-card company decided to do something special for Mother’s Day. They set up a table in a federal prison, inviting inmates to send a free card to their Mom. The lines were so long they had to to get more cards. Due to the success of that event, they […]
Finish Well
Finish Well In 1973, a horse named Secretariat became a legend in his time. Not only did Secretariat win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, but he did it with an unprecedented performance. At the Belmont Stakes, he not only won the race by 31 lengths, but he set new records along the way as […]
Faithful to Duty
Faithful to Duty On May, 19th, 1780, in Hartford, Connecticut. The sky went from blue to gray at noon. Shortly thereafter the sky was so dark that men believed the end of the universe had come and fell to their knees begging for a final blessing. The House of Representatives was meeting, and many representatives […]
Faithful to the End
Faithful to the End In 1555, as part of her campaign to re-establish the Catholic Church in England, Queen Mary, also known as Bloody Mary, arranged for John Philpot, one of the leading Protestant ministers of the day, to be burned at the stake. When his death sentence was pronounced, Philpot said, “I am ready; […]
Faith Is a Shield
Faith Is a Shield A safari hunter was startled by the loud screeching of a bird. When he caught sight of the bird, it was darting back and forth around its nest. He was perplexed by all the racket until he noticed a huge snake moving up the tree. The hunter could have easily aided […]
Faith Must Have a Foundation
Faith Must Have a Foundation Faith is worthless in itself. If faith is not properly founded, it can lead to nothing other than disaster. One night cars sped along the main highway between Jackson and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The drivers had faith in their cars and in the bridges over the streams. They passed over some […]
Faith and Works
Faith and Works An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that the old man had carved on one oar the word faith, and on the other oar the word works. Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of this. The old man said, “I will show you.” He dropped […]
Faith Jumps Where it Cannot See
Faith Jumps Where it Cannot See The African impala can jump to a height of over 10 feet and cover a distance of greater than 30 feet. Yet these magnificent creatures can be kept in an enclosure in any zoo with a 3-foot wall. The animals will not jump if they cannot see where their […]
Faith for Converts
Faith for Converts Faith honors God and God honors faith. For 10 years Robert and Mary Moffat labored faithfully in Bechuanaland (now called Botswana) without one ray of encouragement to brighten their way. They could not report a single convert. Finally the directors of their mission board began to question the wisdom of continuing the […]
Flying in the Clouds
Flying in the Clouds A recently licensed pilot was flying his private plane in a cloudy day. He was not very experienced in instrument landing. When the control tower was to bring him in, he began to get panicky. Then a stern voice came over the radio, “You just obey instructions, we’ll take care of […]
Finding the Truth
Finding the Truth George Washington Carver became one of the most honored and respected scientists of his generation by focusing on the very simple peanut. Eventually he would discover some three hundred uses for this most basic and seemingly insignificant common food. Carver attributed all of his scientific discoveries to God. He once said that […]
Faith Does Not Preclude Trials
Faith Does Not Preclude Trials “Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love. There are some things only learned in a fiery furnace.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Faith to Risk it All
Faith to Risk it All The first two Scottish missionaries sent to the New Hebrides Islands were killed and eaten by cannibals on the day they arrived. After that it proved difficult to find missionary volunteers. But even when John G. Paton agreed to go, well-meaning people in the church tried to dissuade him. One […]
Faithful in Small Tasks
Faithful in Small Tasks W. B. Riley used to tell the story of a man who had walked the streets of Philadelphia searching for employment. One day he happened to go into the office of a well-known businessman by the name of Girard. When he asked for a job, Mr. Girard answered, “Yes, I can […]
Finishing the Race
Finishing the Race Derek Redmond was a great runner, but he was an even greater finisher. Derek will be forever remembered for his staggering performance in the 400-meter men’s semifinals during the summer Olympics of 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. After years of training, persistence, and self-discipline, Derek was competing on the world stage. His dream […]
Faithful All the Time
Faithful All the Time Late in his career, when the Yankees were comfortably ahead in the pennant race, Joe DiMaggio was asked why he continued to play so hard. He said, “Because there might be somebody out there who’s never seen me play.” The Christian should live every day as if someone will see him […]
Famous Violinist
FAMOUS VIOLINIST A woman rushed up to famed violinist Fritz Kreisler after a concert and cried: “I’d give my life to play as beautifully as you do.” Kreisler replied, “I did.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05–Joy Every …-george mueller
Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05–Joy Every …-george mueller Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05–Joy Every Day–Ecclesiastes 5:1-9) When I was younger I remember being moved on more than one occasion, either by laziness or a predisposition to want to do something more “rewarding” on a Sunday morning, to prompt my dad with this question: “Why do […]
Fervency Is Needed in Soulwinning
Fervency Is Needed in Soulwinning Charles Peace, a notorious criminal in England, was executed on February 25, 1879. Just before his execution, an Anglican minister halfheartedly read to him from The Consolations of Religion: “Those who die without Christ experience hell, which is the pain of forever dying without the release which death itself can bring.” Charles […]
Focus on Christ
Focus on Christ Marla Runyan gave her all to qualify for the Olympic Games in 1996, but her best time finished short of the mark to make the United States team. Undeterred by that failure, she returned in 2000 and made the team for the Sydney Olympics. Her eighth place finish in the 1,500 meter […]
First Century Epitaphs
First Century Epitaphs Archaeologists have dug up first century cemeteries in Greece and Rome and have found many tomb stones that bear the Greek or Latin inscription for “No hope.” Imagine living your entire life with no hope! Imagine going to your death, to that eternal night, with no hope! Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Fear of Abandonment
Fear of Abandonment Daniel Sulmasy (then head of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College) made an interesting discovery while observing dying patients in a hospital. He aimed cameras at the doorways of terminally ill patients and tracked the number of minutes they spent alone. He said, “More than eighteen hours a day, there […]
Famous Last Words
Famous Last Words “I can beat it!” “I wonder if it’s loaded. I’ll look down the barrel and see.” “Look at this wire hanging down into the street! I’ll throw it to one side.” “I wonder how much electricity these wires carry. I’ll touch this one and see.” “I wonder whether this rope will hold […]
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made In the summer of 2005, the London Zoo posted a sign in front of their newest exhibit, reading, “Warning: Humans in their Natural Environment.” The exhibit featured eight Homo sapiens in a sealed enclosure adjacent to another sealed enclosure of various primates. The human “captives” were chosen from an online contest, and […]
Faith More Powerful than Gunpowder. – Dwight Lyman Moody
Faith More Powerful than Gunpowder. – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember at one of the meetings at Nashville, during the war, a young man came to me, trembling from head to foot. “What is the trouble?” I asked. “There is a letter I got from my sister, and she tells me every night as the […]
Falling Asleep in Church
Falling Asleep in Church Dr. Al Fasol, a retired preaching professor, wrote about the true story of a man who experienced a rude awakening in church. He generally slept in church, so he dropped off like he always did, only this time a power outage left the auditorium in total darkness. The pastor did not […]
Faxing Money
Faxing Money When a young woman’s mother’s office got a fax machine, the daughter suggested sending their correspondence by fax instead of using the post office. Although she told her many times that it was a faster and less expensive way to communicate, her mother continued to send her mail by weekly letters. At Christmas, […]
“Free.” – Dwight Lyman Moody
“Free.” – Dwight Lyman Moody You will remember when we had slavery we used to have men come up from Kentucky, Tennessee, and other slave states in order to escape from slavery. I hope if there are any Southern people here they will not think in this allusion I am trying to wound their feelings. […]
Fourscore and Five. – Dwight Lyman Moody
Fourscore and Five. – Dwight Lyman Moody When we went to London there was an old woman eightyfive years old, who came to the meetings and said she wanted a hand in that work. She was appointed to a district, and called i>n all classes of people. She went to places where we would probably […]
Forty-One Little Sermons. – Dwight Lyman Moody
Forty-One Little Sermons. – Dwight Lyman Moody A man was preaching about Christians recognizing each other in heaven, and some one said, “I wish he would preach about recognizing each other on earth.” In one place where I preached, I looked over the great hall of the old circus building where it was held, and […]
Friends Share
Friends Share Harriet Frye watched as her four-year-old granddaughter handed a small Easter basket of candy eggs to her grandfather. Crystal then climbed up into her grandpa’s lap, looked into his eyes, and very seriously said, “Friends share.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
4 False Facts
4 False Facts Fact #1 Books write themselves without the need of an author. Fact #2 Cars build themselves without the need of a manufacturer. Fact #3 Music composes itself into beautiful harmonies without the need of a composer. Now, any kindergarten student could testify to the fact that the above three statements have as […]
Fighting Temptation
Fighting Temptation Little Willie’s mother found him with his hand in the cookie jar. She said, “What are you doing?” He replied, “I’m fighting temptation.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Faith to Sleep
Faith to Sleep A mother and her four-year-old daughter were preparing to retire for the night. The child was afraid of the dark, and the mother, on this occasion alone with the child, felt fearful also. When the light was out, the child caught a glimpse of the moon outside the window. “Mother,” she asked, […]
Faith and the Umbrella
Faith and the Umbrella During a time of great drought, the Scottish preacher Dr. Guthrie prayed for rain in the morning service. As he went to church in the afternoon, his daughter, Mary, said, “Here is the umbrella, Papa.” “What do we need it for,” he asked. “You prayed for rain this morning, and don’t […]
FATHER TO SON
FATHER TO SON One little tike’s apparent misunderstanding of the term broken home prompted this admonition from his father: “I don’t care if the basement wall is cracking. Please stop telling everyone you come from a broken home.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
FERTILIZER HELPS
FERTILIZER HELPS The Sunday school teacher was teaching a class of children about creation. “Now, children,” she said, “Who can tell us what makes the flower spring from the seed?” “God does it,” answered one little girl, “but fertilizer helps.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
FINDING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
FINDING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Finding the Ten Commandments can be a challenge for many adults (Exodus 20). Imagine the looks a Sunday School teacher got when she inquired of their whereabouts in a class for five-year-olds. After a few moments of blank stares she asked again, “Can anybody tell me where to find the Ten […]
FELIX VALUED HIS BIBLE MORE THAN HIS LIFE
FELIX VALUED HIS BIBLE MORE THAN HIS LIFE In the year A.D. 303, the Roman Emperor Diocletian issued a decree which he hoped would extinguish the spreading flames of Christianity. One of his primary objectives was the seizure and destruction of the Bible. Later that year, officials enforced the decree in North Africa. One of […]
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS The story is told of an old man who was wandering in the desert looking for water. He approached an old shack and on the porch area he found a water pump. Next to the water pump he saw a one gallon jug. A note on the jug said, “Use all the […]
“Five Million Dollars.” – Dwight Lyman Moody”
“Five Million Dollars.” – Dwight Lyman Moody” One thing I know—I cannot speak for others, but I can speak for myself; I cannot read other minds and other hearts; I cannot read the Bible and lay hold for others; but I can read for myself, and take God at his word. The great trouble is that […]
FAIR-WEATHER CHRISTIANS
FAIR-WEATHER CHRISTIANS It takes 90 gallons of water to baptize a Christian and only 9 drops of rain to keep him at home! Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Forty-One Little Sermons – Dwight Lyman Moody
Forty-One Little Sermons – Dwight Lyman Moody A man was preaching about Christians recognizing each other in heaven, and some one said, “I wish he would preach about recognizing each other on earth.” In one place where I preached, I looked over the great hall of the old circus building where it was held, and […]
Faith More Powerful than Gunpowder – Dwight Lyman Moody
Faith More Powerful than Gunpowder – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember at one of the meetings at Nashville, during the war, a young man came to me, trembling from head to foot. “What is the trouble?” I asked. “There is a letter I got from my sister, and she tells me every night as the […]
Five Million Dollars – Dwight Lyman Moody
Five Million Dollars – Dwight Lyman Moody One thing I know — I cannot speak for others, but can speak for myself; I cannot read other minds and other hearts; I cannot read the Bible and lay hold for others; but I can read for myself, and take God at his word. The great trouble […]
Father, Father, Come This Way – Dwight Lyman Moody
Father, Father, Come This Way – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember a number of years ago I went out of Chicago to try to preach. I went down to a little town where was being held a Sunday-school convention. I was a perfect stranger in the place, and when I arrived a man stepped up […]
Faithfulness Reciprocated – Dwight Lyman Moody
Faithfulness Reciprocated – Dwight Lyman Moody Colossians 1:28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: I was seventeen years old when I went to Boston. On Sunday I went into a Bible-class in one of the churches. I had been […]
Faith Must Lay Hold on Christ – Dwight Lyman Moody
Faith Must Lay Hold on Christ – Dwight Lyman Moody John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life… One night, when preaching in Philadelphia, right down by the side of the pulpit, there was a young lady whose eyes were riveted […]
Faith Must Rest on Christ – Dwight Lyman Moody
Faith Must Rest on Christ – Dwight Lyman Moody John 3:18He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already… Not long ago a man said to me, “I cannot believe.” “Whom?” I asked. He stammered, and again said, “I cannot believe.” I said, “Whom?” “Well,” he said, “I […]
From Pioneer Work in Canada by J.J. Rouse
From Pioneer Work in Canada by J.J. Rouse 1) From Pioneer Work in Canada by J.J. Rouse: Like the two Irishmen who went hunting. When they saw a pretty animal climb up a tree, they thought it was a pity to shoot it; so the agreed that one should go up the tree and get […]
Forgiving a tool thief
Forgiving a tool thief Forgiving a Tool Thief A young Christian working man told me that he lost a valued tool from his tool kit and recognized it later in the kit of his fellow workman. Being the only Christian at work in the room he felt it incumbent upon him to show forgiveness. So […]
Faith in a rotten plank…
Faith in a rotten plank… Faith in a Rotten Plank… One of George Muller’s successor’s said the following “Little faith in a strong plank will carry me over the stream. Great faith in a rotten plank will land me in it”. The object of our faith is more important than the size of our faith. […]
Friendship
Friendship Written by THEUNIS, JOHANNES CLOETE tjcloete@absamail.co.za Friendship. After losing his parents, this 3 year old orangutan was so depressed he wouldn’t eat and didn’t respond to any medical treatments. The veterinarians thought he would surely die from sadness. The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the grounds in the park at the zoo where […]
Four Boyfriends
A MAN ASKED – Hannes Zegement Grove Written by THEUNIS, JOHANNES CLOETE tjcloete@absamail.co.za 4 BOY FRIENDS Once upon a time there was this girl who had four boyfriends. She loved the 4th boyfriend the most and adorned him with rich robes and treated him to the finest of delicacies. She gave him nothing but the best. […]
Forgive me Lord when I whine
Forgive me Lord when I whine Written by THEUNIS, JOHANNES CLOETE tjcloete@absamail.co.za FORGIVE ME LORD WHEN I WHINE! Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful woman and wished I was as beautiful. When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle. She had one leg and wore […]