DEVOTION for March 19th   Written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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PRAYER 12, Part 10 of 10: ON HOLY GROUND.

ANECDOTE   231:       GOOD BUT GOOD FOR NOTHING.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: March 19 BECOMING FIT  FOR GLORY

“The Lord will give grace and glory.” Psalm 84:11

MORNING: "Strong in faith"—Romans 4:20

EVENING: "And she did eat, and was sufficed [satisfied], and left." —Ruth 2:14

A SINNER'S PRAYER

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PRAYER 12, Part 10 of 10 ON HOLY GROUND by C. H. Spurgeon

Sing: We Are Standing on Holy Ground (With Guitar Chords)

URL:

https://youtu.be/oLUXNIFWiYQ

 

But, above all, give us spiritual help. Give us wisdom, which is profitable to get. Give us the absence of all self-seeking, and a complete yielding up of our desires to the will of God. Help us to be as Christ was [is], who was not His own, but gave Himself to His Father for our sins; so may we, for His sake, give ourselves up to do or suffer the will of our Father who is in heaven.

Remember Thy people in their families and convert [save] their children; give us help and strength; spare precious lives that are in danger; be gracious to any that are dying; may the life of God swallow up the death of the body.

Prepare us all for Thy glorious advent [second coming]; keep us waiting and watching, and do Thou come quickly to our heart’s desire [longing] , for we pray

 

“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven, for Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, for ever and ever.”
 

[In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ] Amen.

(Attachment: PRAYER 12.doc) 

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Anecdote   231:       Good but Good for Nothing.

        I heard the other day of a Sunday-school address [lesson] in America which pleased me much. The teacher, speaking to the boys, said, “Boys, here’s a watch, what is it for?”  The children answered, “To tell the time.” “Well,” he said, “suppose my watch does not tell the time, what is it good for?  “Good for-nothing, sir.” Then he took out a pencil.  “What is this pencil for ?”   “It is to write with.”  Suppose this pencil won’t make a mark, what is it good for?”  “Good-for-nothing, sir”  Then he took out his pocketknife. “Boys, what is this for?” They were American boys, and so they shouted, “to whittle with,”  that is [that means] to experiment on any substance that came in their way by cutting a notch in it. “But,”  said he, “suppose it will not cut, what is the knife good for?”  “Good-for nothing, sir.” 
       Then the teacher asked, “What is the chief end of man?” [Man’s purpose] and they replied,  “To glorify God.”  “But suppose a man does not glorify God, what is he good for?”   “Good-for-nothing, sir.”  That brings out my point most clearly; there are many professors of whom I will not say that they are good-for-nothing, but methinks if they do not soon stir themselves up to glorify God by proclaiming the sweetness of God’s love it will go hard with them. Remember how Jesus said of the *savorless salt “ henceforth it is good for nothing.”

        What were you converted for? What were you forgiven for? What were you renewed for? What have you been preserved on earth for but to tell to others the glad tidings of salvation and so to glorify God?  Do, then, go out with your hands full of the honey of divine love and hold it out to others.
* English (USA) spelling

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK MARCH 19 BECOMING FIT FOR GLORY by C.H. Spurgeon

 

-The Lord will give grace and glory- Psalm 84:11

-Gracia y gloria dará Jehova- Salmos 84:11

 

Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as for the future, that grace is still sufficient.

 

If we have but little grace the fault must lie in ourselves; for the Lord is not straitened, [limited] neither is He slow to bestow it in abundance. We may ask for as much as we will and never fear a refusal. He giveth [gives] liberally and up-braideth not [doesn’t find fault, criticize or utter a reproach] .

The Lord may not give gold, but He will give grace: He may not give gain, but He will give grace. He will certainly send us trial, but He will give grace in proportion thereto.

 

We may be called to labor, and to suffer, but with the call there will come all the grace required. What an “AND” is that in the text   — and glory! We do not need glory yet, and we are not yet fit for it; but we shall have it in due order [time].

 

After we have eaten the bread of grace, we shall drink the wine of glory. We must go through the holy -which is grace, to the holiest of all [holy of holies] — which is glory.

 

These words -and glory- are enough to make a man dance for joy.

A little while — a little while, and then glory forever!

 

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, that You give grace and glory to Your redeemed, in Jesus Christ name, Amen.

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MORNING March 19

 

"Strong in faith. "—Romans 4:20

Esforzado en fe —Romanos 4:20

 

CHRISTIAN, take good care of your faith; for recollect [remember]

 

faith is the only way whereby you can obtain blessings.

 

If we want blessings from God, nothing can fetch [bring] them down but faith. Prayer cannot draw down answers from God's throne except it be the earnest prayer of the man who believes.

 

Faith is the angelic messenger between the soul and the Lord Jesus in glory. Let that angel be withdrawn, we can neither send up prayer, nor receive the answers.

Faith is the telegraphic wire [instrumentality] that links earth and heaven—on which God's messages of love fly so fast, that before we call He answers, and while we are yet speaking He hears us.

But if that telegraphic wire of faith be snapped [cut off], how can we receive the promise?

 

Am I in trouble? I can obtain help for trouble by faith.

Am I beaten about by the enemy? My soul leans on her dear Refuge [safe place] by faith.
But take faith away—in vain I call to God.

 

There is no road betwixt [between] my soul and heaven. In the deepest wintertime faith is a road on which the horses of prayer may travel and all the better for the biting frost; but blockade [block] the road, and how can we communicate with the Great King?

Faith links me with divinity.

Faith clothes me with the power of God.

Faith engages the omnipotence [infinite power] of Jehovah on my side.

Faith ensures every attribute of God in my defense.

It helps me to defy the hosts of hell.

It makes me march triumphant over the necks of my enemies.

But without faith how can I receive anything of the Lord? Let not him that wavers, who is like a wave of the Sea, expect that he will receive anything of God!

 

0, then, Christian, watch well your faith; for with it you can win all things, however poor you are, but without it you can obtain nothing.

 

"If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes." 

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EVENING March 19

 

"And she did eat, and was sufficed [satisfied], and left. " —Ruth 2:14

—Y ella comió hasta que se hartó y le sobró. —Rut 2:14

 

WHENEVER we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full  [meal] and sweet repast [dessert].

 

When Jesus is the host, no guest goes empty [leaves hungry] from the table.

 

Our head is satisfied with the precious truth which Christ reveals.

Our heart is content with Jesus, as the altogether lovely object of affection.

Our hope is satisfied, for whom have we in heaven but Jesus [himself]?

Our desire is satiated [satisfied], for

 

what can we wish for more than "to know Christ and to be found in Him"?

Jesus fills our conscience until it is at perfect peace, our judgment with persuasion of the certainty of His teachings, our memory with recollections of what He has done, and our imagination with the prospects of what He is yet to do.

 

As Ruth was "sufficed, and left," so is it with us. We have had deep draughts [“big gulps”]; we have thought that we could take in all of Christ, but when we have done our best, we have had to leave a vast remainder [after we have been satisfird].

 

We have sat at the table of the Lord's love, and said,

"Nothing but the infinite can ever satisfy me; I am such a great sinner that I must have infinite merit wash my sin away."

 

But we have had our sin removed, and found that there was merit to spare; we have had our hunger relieved at the feast of sacred love, and found that there was a abundance of spiritual meat remaining [on the platter]. There are certain sweet things in the Word of God which we have not enjoyed yet, and which we are obliged to leave for a while; for we are like the disciples to whom Jesus said,

"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."

 

Yes, there are graces to which we have not attained; places of fellowship nearer to Christ we have not reached; and heights of communion our feet have not climbed [approached].

 

At every banquet of love there are many baskets of fragments left. Let us magnify the liberality of our glorious Boaz 

[Jesus, our near kinsman, our next of kin].

 

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A Sinner’s Prayer: 
A person may come to Jesus by  believing in Him and (sincerely) praying like this:

 

“Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. I’m lost and hopeless without You.  I will never be able to save myself by my own merits. Without you and your death on the cross I would deserve and spend forever in Hell.

I know that me doing my best or being good (in my own opinion)  and justifying my own behavior as "good"  or "OK" will never  save me.
I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me. 
I come to You   right now.  Lord Jesus.   Please save me.  I believe You died on the cross in my place to pay for my sin debt and put to death my sin nature. I know  You always keep your word.  Please save me. You say and  it’s written in the Bible that you won’t reject anyone who comes to You. I'm coming  to You now. Thank You for saving me.

I  give myself (all of myself) to You, Lord Jesus. I declare that You are my Savior and Lord. I’m sorry for and I turn away from  every sin (every bad thought, every bad word I have spoken and every bad thing I have ever done)  and look to You free me from the penalty of sin, to keep me free from the power of sin and empower me overcome any temptation from sin’s  presence.  Thank you for forgiving  all of  my sins by dying on the cross to pay the punishment that I deserve.  (I was a sinner by nature and by behavior). But now I'm washed clean by Your blood that was shed [poured out] for me at Calvary [at the cross].

Thank you Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was born and that You love me now and will always love me and will never reject or turn your back on me. I know You are the Way, the Truth and the Life and that no one can come to the Father other than by You.

Thank you Father that You have made a way for me to see myself as ungodly.  But,  because You are good You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in the Lord Jesus.  You have forgiven me because He took my place and You have provided for  me to be born again [born from above, born of the Holy Spirit].  
You prompted this desire and faith to believe in Your only begotten Son who,gave up  His life and died on the cross to pay my sin debt, not mine alone, but the sins of the whole world. 

Thank You, Heavenly Father that you raised Jesus from the dead. He is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave and in Christ Jesus there is no condemnation. After You raised Him from the dead You gave Him a Glorified, [everlasting] physical body and  after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with  You  in heaven.

 

I pray this in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ with a grateful heart.   Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and for sending the Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, for my guidance and solemn instruction into all truth.,  Amen.”

Thank You Holy Spirit of Truth, The Comforter, The Paraclete [true friend who is by your side and always has your back]  for the new life in Jesus and the  victory that comes when I recon myself dead indeed unto sin and alive unto God through Christ Jesus our Lord trusting You, Holy Spirit for Your  empowerment  to see  this promise fulfilled. Romans 6:11

Thank you that you, Holy Spirit,  always exalt [lift up] the Lord Jesus.  John 16:8-11

 

With all my heart, I thank you Lord Jesus for saving me. 
I ask now that You live Your life through me in Your name, Lord Jesus  I pray, Amen.

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We shall Behold Him by Sandi Patti   Behold HIM, won’t you?

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Let us make daily use of our riches, and ever repair [return] to Him as to our own Lord in covenant, taking from Him the supply of all we need with as much boldness as men take money from their own purse [wallet].

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SPECIAL SPURGEON SERMON: “Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ”

[Christ Jesus]

 

URL:  https://youtu.be/hHF1r74XaTQ?si=czhwYSJP9H53XqCy

 

Note: This Sermon was referenced in the Men’s Bible Study on Wednesday, August 14th 2024 at South Shores Church and is featured here as an unabridged Audio recording of Sermon # 1245 that was preached originally by Charles Spurgeon in 1875 from his home church, The Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, U.K.
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1 John  Chapter 4

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everything you hear] but [continually] be testing the spirit whether it is of God: because many false prophets have come out in the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesseth [confesses, says] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come out of God, is of God: and every spirit [voice] that confesseth not [doesn't confess] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Hence, I confess [declare and affirm] "Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh."