From Morning and Evening, by Charles Spurgeon
The Lord will give us his peace most plenteously, but not in a way of idleness.
Eternity shall not discover the shadow of a spot in our Beloved, but rather, as ages revolve, his hidden glories shall shine forth with yet more inconceivable splendour.
If we would follow the Lord wholly, we must go right away into the wilderness of separation, and leave the Egypt of the carnal world behind us.
What a state of safety and privilege is this nearness to God through Jesus!
The word ‘Go’ was exchanged for ‘Come’; distance was made to give place to nearness.
Fearless of all consequences, you must do the right. You will need the courage of a lion unhesitatingly to pursue a course which shall turn your best friend into your fiercest foe.
Not now does he teach the leper his leprosy by setting him at a distance, but by himself suffering the penalty of his defilement.
They are well kept whom God keeps, but woe unto those who go forth into the world, or even dare to walk their own house unarmed.
Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is knowing the difference between right and almost right.
We should, as good traders in heaven’s market, covet to be enriched in the knowledge of Jesus.
Those who have most fellowship with Christ are not recluses or hermits, who have much time to spare, but indefatigable labourers who are toiling for Jesus.
Worldly wisdom recommends the path of compromise, and talks of ‘moderation.’
Sing, believer, for it will cheer thine own heart, and the hearts of other desolate ones.
Why should it always be winter time in our hearts? We must have our seed time, it is true, but O for a spring time—yea, a summer season, which shall give promise of an early harvest.
We must live near to Jesus—in his presence—ripened by the sunshine of his smiles.
Thus Jesus is magnified—for all is in him and by him; thus the inheritance is made certain to us—for it is obtained in him.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public, than to pray against it in private.
Where is the man who shall estimate our divine portion? Weigh the riches of Christ in scales, and his treasure in balances, and then think to count the treasures which belong to the saints.
It is blessed working when Jesus is at our side!
My days of sloth have ruinously destroyed all that I had achieved in times of zealous industry.
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