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DEVOTION for  November 19th  *A,D, 2025. Written and calendared for this date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

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All Bible versions NOT  translated from the Textus Receptus [The (traditional) Received Greek Text] include variant  readings that diminish the full  glory and the most Holy reverence due to Almighty GOD, that He preserves and protects it immutably  in the 1769 Edition of the 1611 King James Version  KJV Bible. This version is also known as the Authorized King James  Version  AKJV and the  Authorized Version AV. ALL GLORY is due to and must be given to the Omnipotent Lord of ALL.

 

The Geneva Bible was also faithfully translated from the Greek Textus Receptus and included  comments favorable to the Protestant Reformation  from inspired, devoted,  faithful Christian men of GOD; They were Puritan Believers known to be  beyond reproach.

This Bible was first brought to Plymouth Massachusetts  in the American Colonies by the Puritan Pilgrims guided by Captain Christopher Jones’s on the Mayflower sailing ship in 1620. A 1592 Edition of the Geneva Bible that belonging to a Mayflower passenger and the Governor of the Plymouth Colony (Later to become the State of   Massachusetts) by William Bradford and is on display at the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the oldest continuously operating public museum in the United States.

 

The traditional Textus Receptus [Received Greek Text] unlike any other Greek Text was taken  from more than 5,321 original Majority Greek Manuscripts MT that agree 98% with one another. Other variant readings are translations invented by  either Westcott and Hort or Nestle and Aland. These fabricated Greek Texts were translated from only a handful [45] of Majority Text Manuscripts MT and  lack the  trustworthiness of  the inspired 1769 [1611] King James Version, KJV or the Geneva Bible and are the only two translations of the traditional, reliable, inspired, [GOD BREATHED] immutable and providentially and divinely protected Textus Receptus.

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Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy

(1) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s
             (169 mins.)  

 

The Bridge to Babylon video presents evidence that tracks the explosion of more than 100 new versions of English translations  of the Bible. The continuing attempts to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible does not  prevail because GOD Himself preserves and protects The  inspired, inerrant, immutable and infallible  Holy Word of GOD from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion , errors, additions, subtractions or changes.

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 BCE/CE  vs.  BC/AD     What’s the difference?
defend the Truth.   Won’t you?

*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death” as many mistakenly believe. It is Latin for Anno Domini,  a  phrase adopted into English usage that means  “Year of [the/our] Lord”.  The complete  original phrase "anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi" means "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ”. A.D. and together with B.C. Before Christ   is used to divide all history before and after the birth of Jesus the Christ [Messiah].   ...More

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Can   DAILYSPURGEON  be trusted? Is it trustworthy?

Is it of God?

YES, it can! Yes, it is!  Here’s why.

 

1 John 4:1-3

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everyone or !everything] you hear but be testing the spirit [voice] whether it is of God: because many false prophets have gone [come] out into the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesses [avows] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come[who came] out of God, is of God: and every spirit that confesses not [doesn’t audibly avow] 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.

 I therefore must and do audibly confess,  that Jesus Christ is come  [is here]  in the flesh.

 

[All translations of the Bible that use a Greek text other than the traditional and faithful Textus Receptus ignore the Greek word “ictin” [the Greek word that means “is” in English].  This omission causes the meaning of “is here” to  be changed from “is” come” [is here] to “has” come”.

 

This error is self-evident because non-believers, false prophets, atheists or heretics can, and frequently do, affirm that Jesus Christ “has come” [in the flesh].

 

While this is a true statement, when taken at face value, the  meaning  “has come” is clearly not the same as “is here”; which is the valid, scriptural test of  discernment to know if words are from the Spirit of God or the spirit of antichrist.

 

The most well documented fact in all of human history is that the Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah]  “has” come in the flesh. However, the question of much greater importance,  is not whether the spirit [a spoken or written word] being considered and tested confesses that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh but, whether the confession being made affirms that Jesus Christ, “is come” [is here], from God, in the flesh.

 

Ephesians 5:30-32

30 for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I [The Apostle Paul]  speak concerning Christ and the church.  [The body of CHRIST]

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“I speak concerning Christ and the church.” [the fleshly embodiment, here and now ,  of the body of Christ]. Because  followers of Jesus Christ are members of the incarnate Body of Christ [The Church] I affirm and avow that Jesus Christ is here

[Not “Has come”] in the flesh.

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Compare and consider [Meditate on] scripture with scripture:  Precept upon precept, Line upon line… 
Isaiah 28:10-14

 

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DEVOTION for  November 19th  *A,D, 2025. Written and calendared for this date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death”.  It actually abbreviates Anno Domini;

 Latin words adopted into English that literally translate: 
“Year of our Lord”.  The Lord Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh,
was born of a virgin  2025  years ago.                        
He’s  alive  today, has always existed as God’s eternal and everlasting Word, 
and will soon return for his bride, the Church
[The body of all redeemed believers in Jesus Christ].
 

1 Timothy  3:16    (KJV)

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, [unbelievers] 
believed on in the world, received up into glory.

 

Please join us in worship of the Lord Jesus Christ in spirit and in truth; through prayer,  reading, meditation and obedience to God’s word, hearing and edification of gospel preaching and teaching  and the singing of sacred music; all to support active discipleship, (learning and teaching others) to evangelize the good news and follow the Lord Jesus.

DailySpurgeon is not intended, nor were it possible to replace Face-to-face fellowship with other believers at scheduled times of corporate worship, prayer meetings, Bible study and fellowship. Rather, it is a resource for personal daily prayer, meditation, personal praise and worship, reflection and devotional thought supporting active discipleship conforming us to the likeness of the Lord Jesus Christ, our redeemer.

DailySpurgeon  is a collection of daily selections from Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s published work (1834-1892) from his faithful gospel preaching and devotional teaching ministry that continues to expand today; additionally,  a link to a daily video sermon by Dr. Peter Masters from The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London (founded by Spurgeon); and, sacred music and hymns that have been loved and sung in worship services of Christian congregations for hundreds of years.

 

The purpose of DailySpurgeon is to encourage personal and small group study and worship.  It is e-mailed daily.  It’s also offered online at dailyspurgeon.com  for your use and for SHARING with others.

“Study to show yourself  approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [accurately and correctly sharing] the word of truth.”   2 Timothy 2:15

 

DEVOTION  for November 19th *A.D. 2024 Written and calendared for this exact date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

*A.D. Does NOT mean after death as is commonly believed. It is a Latin abbreviation
for anno Domani (It means “Year of our Lord” in English)

BC/AD versus BCE/CE 

Stand for the Truth, Won’t you? 

 

Jesus Christ [Messiah] the LORD GOD was born of a virgin 2024 years ago, is now here in the   flesh from GOD through His body and bride, the church and lives forevermore, time without end  and He’s coming again, soon.

 

PRAYER 16, Part 3 of 8: November 19th HE EVER LIVETH.

ANECDOTE 109: November 19th GLOOMY DAYS OUR OWN FAULT.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: November 19th  FROM OBEDIENCE TO BLESSING
-From this day will I bless you-   Haggai 2:19
MORNING: November 19th "Avoid foolish questions. "—Titus 3:9
EVENING  November 19th
"0 that I knew where I might find Him,"— Job 23:3

A SINNER’S PRAYER November 19th

 

PRAYER 16, Part  3 of 8 November 19th   HE EVER LIVETH.

[Dear Father] Our first prayer shall be for those who do not pray. There is an ancient promise of Thine [Yours], “I am found of them that sought Me not; I said, Behold Me, behold Me, to a people that were not a people.” Prove the sovereignty of Thy [Your] grace, the priority of Thy [Your] power, which runs before [precedes and brings] the will of man, by making many willing in this, the day of Thy [Your] power, and calling the things that are not as though they were.

 

May the day come in which they that are in their graves [alive physically but dead spiritually] shall hear the voice of God, and they that hear shall live [be made alive].

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

Attachment: PRAYER 16.doc

 

ANECDOTE 109: November 19th GLOOMY DAYS [are] OUR OWN FAULT.
We have a deep river of delights in the covenant [God’s divine promise] of grace, yet we are content to paddle about its shores. We are only up to our ankles, the most of us, whereas the waters are “waters to swim in.”

 

A great sun of everlasting love shines upon the globe of our life with tropical force, but we get away to the North Pole of doubt and fear, and then complain that the sun has such little heat, or that he [the sun] is so long below the horizon.[the day is so short] 

He who will not go to the fire ought not to complain that the room is cold.

 

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK  November 19th C.H. FROM OBEDIENCE TO BLESSING

-From this day will I bless you-  Haggai 2:19
-Desde aqueste dia dare bendición-  Hageo 2:19  
 

Future things are hidden from us. Yet here is a glass [window] in which we may see the unborn years. The Lord says,  -From this day will I bless you-. It is worth while to note the day which is referred to in this promise.

 

There had been failure of crops, blasting [draught], and mildew, and all because of the people’s sin. Now, the Lord saw these chastened [disciplined] ones commencing [starting]  to obey His word, and build His temple, and therefore He says, -From the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider. From this day will I bless you.-   If we have lived in any sin, and the Spirit leads us to purge [rid] ourselves of it, we may reckon [rely] upon the blessing of the Lord.

His smile, His Spirit, His grace, His fuller  revelation of His truth will all prove to us an enlarged blessing. 

 

We may fall into greater Opposition from man [the world]  because of our faithfulness, but we shall rise to closer dealings with the Lord our God, and a clearer sight of our acceptance in Him.  Lord, I am resolved to be more true to thee, and more exact in my following of thy doctrine and thy precept [Your teaching and principles];  and I pray thee, [ask you] therefore, by Christ Jesus, to increase the blessedness of my daily life henceforth and for ever [from now on and forever more].

Prayer: Thank You Lord  for the  blessing you give us from the day we begin to obey Your word in laying the foundation of Your temple, confessing our sins and considering ourselves to be dead to them by the power of the Holy Spirit.  I receive this promise in the name of Your son, the Lord Jesus and rely on the Holy Spirit to empower faithfulness and obedience in me.  Amen.

 
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       … and pray for the saving of souls and strengthening  of believers. 

The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

 

Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s eternal Word preserved by God, Himself.

John 3:16       
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

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       … and pray for the saving of souls and strengthening  of believers. 

The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

 

Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s eternal Word preserved by God, Himself.

      For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

John 3:16  

 

vis. The Textus Receptus TR [Received Text] is the faithfully rendered Greek text with an overwhelming agreement in and among the majority of the 5,321 extant New Testament, Greek manuscripts  known as the  MT. [Majority Text]. The Old Testament Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts were meticulously copied by hand [manuscript] by the Masoretic scribes. These are the manuscripts  from which  the Original King James version  was translated onto English.

In order for Westcott & Hort and Nestle & Aland to create the Modern Greek to shore up  the highly nuanced Critical Text theory, only Fifty-five manuscripts from the 5,321 Majority Text MT were hand-picked and they were not from the Textus Receptus but were selected from  the inferior Sinaiticus and Vaticanus codices. These fifty-five manuscripts  brought  variant readings and were created, ostensibly, to justify the creation of an alternative Greek text to the Textus Receptus which had been under spurious attack by Westcott & Hort and Nestle & Aland for many years.

The Codices known as Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are inferior because they often are in disagreement with the Textus Receptus and incredibly, with one another. They give rise to variant readings and embrace secular doctrine bias not supported by scripture translated from the Majority Text or Textus Receptus.  They have been infused by  invented Greek text where an absence of Greek text from the Fifty-five hand-picked manuscripts was found.

They invented but did not disclose themselves as the source  of the new Greek translation.  They supplied this new Greek translation to all Committee members with the aim to revise the King James Bible. However, They insisted on a code of silence as to the authorship of the Greek Text from which all the Revisions were to be based. All members of the committee were required to agree to this code.

Modern textual criticism is based on the assumption that older manuscripts are, de-facto, more accurate. Actually, the continuous and unsettled changes from their  variant readings reflect doctrinal ambiguities and biases not supported by the Majority Text.

Scripture based on The Greek text of Westcott &  Hort and Nestle & Aland of a secular or denominational tradition allow modern textual criticism  to  rob God of His Sovereignty, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Immutability, Inerrancy and  Infallibility and to diminish Glory from His infinite and everlasting “I AM” that deserves and demands ALL of the GLORY.

 

 

 

MORNING  November 19th "AVOID FOOLISH QUESTIONS. "Titus 3:9

—Las cuestiones necias evita— Tito 3:9
 

       OUR days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance. The old schoolmen did a world of mischief by their incessant discussion of subjects of no practical importance; and our Churches suffer much from petty wars over abstruse points and unimportant questions. After everything has been said that can be said, neither party is any the wiser, and therefore the discussion no more promotes knowledge than love, and it is foolish to sow [plant seed] in so barren a field. Questions on points wherein Scripture is silent, on mysteries which belong to God alone, on prophecies of doubtful interpretation, and on mere modes [customs and traditions] of observing human ceremonials are all foolish, and wise men avoid them. Our business is neither to ask nor answer foolish questions, but to avoid them altogether; and if we observe the apostle's precept (Titus 3:8) to be careful to maintain good works, we shall find ourselves far too much occupied with profitable business to take much interest in unworthy, contentious, and needless strivings.
       

There are, however, some questions which are the reverse of foolish, that we must not avoid, but fairly and honestly meet, such as these:


 

  • Do I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?

  • Am I renewed in the spirit of my mind?

  • Am I walking not after the flesh, but after the Spirit?

  • Am I growing in grace?

  • Does my conversation adorn the doctrine of God my Savior?

  • Am I looking for the coming of the Lord, and watching as one who expects his master?

  • What more can I do for Jesus?



Such enquiries as these urgently demand our attention, and if we have been at all given to caviling [inconsequential quibbling], let us now turn our critical abilities to a service so much more profitable. Let us be peacemakers and endeavor to lead others, both by our precept [moral injunction, teaching] and example, to

"avoid foolish questions."

EVENING  November 19th
"0 that I knew where I might find Him,"— Job 23:3
—Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar á Dios— Job 23:3
 

IN Job's uttermost extremity [worse despair] he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see [to again see] his Father's face.

 

His first prayer is not "0 that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part of my body," nor even  "0h  that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!"

 

But the first and uppermost cry is,

"0h that I knew where I might find Him, who is my God! that I might come even to His seat!"

 

God's children run home when the storm comes on.
It is the heaven-born instinct of a gracious soul to seek shelter from all ills [troubles] beneath the wings of Jehovah. "He that hath made God, his refuge"  [safe place]  might serve as the title of a true believer.

 

A hypocrite, when afflicted by God, resents the infliction and, like a slave, would run from the Master who has scourged him. But not so the true heir of heaven; he kisses the hand which smote him and seeks shelter from the rod [whipping stick] in the bosom of the God who frowned upon Him.

 

Job's desire to commune with God was intensified by the failure of all other sources of consolation.

 

The patriarch [Job] turned away from his sorry friends and looked up to the celestial throne, just as a traveler turns from his empty skin bottle [canteen] and with all speed goes to the well.

 

He bids farewell to earthborn hopes, and cries, "0 that I knew where I might find my God!" Nothing teaches us so much [about] the preciousness of the Creator, as when we learn the emptiness of all besides [everything else].

 

Turning away with bitter scorn from earth's hives [of bees] where we find no honey but many sharp stings, we rejoice in Him whose faithful word is sweeter than honey or the honeycomb. In every trouble we should first seek to realize God's presence with us.

 

Only let us enjoy His smile, and we can bear our daily cross with a willing heart

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                 A  SINNER’S  PRAYER

 

Whosoever shall call on the name of the lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

 Pray and call on the name of the Lord Jesus, like this. Won’t you? 

“Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. I’m lost and hopeless to save myself. Without your death on the cross  I would spend eternity in Hell’s fire.

Thank you Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was born and that You have always loved 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 but by You.  

Thank you, Father that You have caused for me to see myself as I am; a lost sinner.  But,  because of Your love and goodness, You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in You, Lord Jesus.  You took my place on the cross and provided the way for  me to be forgiven. Thank You.
Thank You that You prompted a desire in me to believe in You, the only begotten  Son of God who died on the cross to be the sacrifice that would  atone for my sins.

Thank You, Father for Your love that allowed Jesus to suffer and die in my place. Thank You that You raised Jesus from the dead. He is RISEN and is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave and in Christ Jesus I am free.

You raised Jesus from the dead, gave Him a Glorified body and after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with You  in heaven.  

Thank you, Father,  for saving me in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Romans 6:11  

Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you always give witness to and exalt the Lord Jesus Christ. 
John 16:8-11

With all my heart, thank you Lord for saving me.
Live Your life in me,  Lord Jesus, in Your name I pray, Amen.

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MISSION STATEMENT
Our solemn  aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus in everything. This  relies completely upon God to achieve His purpose for us through His means. We purpose, with God’s empowerment and  help,  to save the lost, comfort, strengthen and encourage believers, and  rightly divide God’s Word to proclaim the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ to every creature.

        The Holy Bible is God’s eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable revealed and divinely preserved Word.  It is His supernatural, complete scripture  of all revealed truth.  He brings guidance through it to us personally and to each local body of Christian believers. With God’s empowerment, we will read, study, meditate-on, trust-in  and obey God’s Holy Bible and encourage others to do the same. We hold it to be the supreme authority and the preeminent and divinely established Stare Decisis [Latin: to stand by that which is decided, the legal principle of precedence,   literally "to stand by decided matters"] in all things. 


       Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature. And, to serve all, in love,  especially those in the household of faith. This purpose compels us to follow, and rightly present, God’s Holy Word, the Bible as God’s divinely preserved truth; the foundation of this ministry.
 

Tabernacle History:
       The  inspired preaching, teaching, soul winning and writings of Charles Haddon Spurgeon were solely based, empowered and inspired by God’s Holy Word the Bible.  His written sermons and devotional content continue to benefit today’s readers with authentic  Gospel preaching and sound biblical teaching. His ministry continues to flourish from the original (Spurgeon’s)  Metropolitan Tabernacle,  a church fellowship began in 1650 with the present  building constructed by members of the congregation in 1861 and rebuilt after the second world war..

        Spurgeon's written materials are for the edification of the church body as well as a great benefit, blessing and challenge to all readers. Our desire is that the written Word of God will become the Living  Word in each and every reader. To this end, a calendar is indexed (top, right) on the Home page of DailySpurgeon.com for daily study, meditation and prayer. An unabridged and strictly maintained fidelity to Spurgeon’s original calendar and unabridged text is carefully guarded.
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*Charles Dumah Riley, Sr. (AKA: Daddy, "CD", and Paw Paw) 1897 – 1987

Note: JM witnessed the last few hours of his *Daddy’s life on earth coming to an end and heard him say “Amen” over and over, affirming his own life’s conclusion and giving testimony of God’s goodness to him and his agreement and surrender to his earthly departure to be eternally present with the Lord Jesus. 

Amen... Amen… Amen!

 

Hear Harry Belafonte’s AMEN

 

My Daddy’s  prayer before every meal, always offered in the gravity and reverence in his unique  deep Bass voice of prayer:

“Accept our thanks for these and all other blessings, we humbly ask in Thy name, Amen.” 

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TODAY’S PRAISES: November 19th (Sing along, won’t you?)

He Lives  by First Baptist Atlanta,                

Take My Hand by Gaither Tent Revival 

O The Blood Of Jesus  by Bill Gaither

 

WELCOME:

You are invited to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord and then to worship Him in Spirit and in truth; through prayer, reading, meditating on and obeying gospel preaching  of God’s Word, and singing sacred hymns and spiritual songs to His glory.

 

To this end, let me encourage you to by this website.

 

It’s not intended to replace the gathering with other believers to worship, hear face-to-face Gospel preaching, enjoy fellowship, and join together in prayer, study of God’s Word in the  presence and fellowship in the Lord Jesus.

Rather, it is a resource to develop greater discipleship in individual devotion, praise and worship and to be built-up and strengthen in the Lord through His Word.

 

“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [analyzing  and sharing] the word of truth.” 

   2 Timothy 2:15

 

Visit the Metropolitan Tabernacle   for Live-stream worship services from the London congregation.    (Brief History)  

  

We are grateful to  the Lord for providing the  dailyspurgeon.com  website to support and  expand the e-mail ministry that was inspired by and begun with my beloved son,

Jon Edward Riley 1971-2021. 

His life is honored here,  as honor is due, in the Lord to those who honor Him. Jon did.  

He loved to declare “I’m a blood bought, born-again child of God.”

Was his life Perfect? No,  

Forgiven, redeemed, loved of God and now in His presence?  Yes.

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Worship God in spirit and in truth.
 
• Pray with our heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Hear and obey the eternal, inspired, immutable, inerrant, infallible, revealed and protected Word of God, revealed through Jesus Christ, the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23
• Be [Be being] filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19
• Forsake not Gathering in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.  - Jesus Christ 
Matthew 18:20     - Jesus Christ

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TODAY’S COMPLETE CONTENTS: November 19th       ​

 

RECENT PRAISE SELECTIONS:

I’ll Fly Away  …by Hank Williams Sr. 

Just as I Am  by Tennessee Ernie Ford

You Are My All in All  by David Phelps,  Gaither Music

Jesus, Name Above All Names  The Maranatha Singers

Sweet Hour of Prayer   with Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tell Me the Story of Jesus  by Charlotte Ritchie,  Gaither Vocal Band

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms  Gaither Vocal Band

The Ninety and Nine  by Guy Penrod

In the Garden   by Alan Jackson

It Is Well with My Soul  Guy Penrod

Blessed Be Your Name  by Matt Redman

Bless The Lord, O My Soul  Bill and Gloria Gaither

I Know Whom I Have Believed  by Marshall Hall

The Love of God  by Bill and Gloria Gaither

The Lord’s Prayer  by Andrea Bocelli

On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand    with Magen Thurman (came to mind from MORNING)                           

Chosen Generation We Are Able, Power in The Blood, Are You Washed, Victory In Jesus

I Need Thee Every Hour    with Fernando Ortega written by Annie S. Hawks 1872

Bless His Holy Name  by Bill and Gloria Gaither

Create in Me a Clean Heart   by Keith Green   Psalm 51:10-12 

Praise Him, Praise Him, Jesus Our Blessed Redeemer … with Bombay Christian Fellowship
 

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 VETERAN'S DAY TRIBUTE TO NORTH DAKOTA VETERAN SCOUTS  (click this blue link for video)

The heart of gratitude from JON EDWARD RILEY, a Native Son,  Honoring the Service of Native American Scouts and Armed services Veterans of the United States.

 

In loving memory of Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021) who would sometimes just bust-out singing the following songs; sometimes, on the way to church sometimes just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always kept in the truck’s CD player or, even better, a song the Lord would spontaneously put in his joyful and loving heart.

 

 I LOVE You Lord      by Jared Reynolds

How Great Thou Art    with Elvis

Lead Me & Rock-a My Soul   by Elvis and friends

 

…Jon always said “Later”; [see-ya-later] instead of “good bye”. It was his standard greeting to bid farewell … He would never  say “good-bye”. Now, as we remember the sound of him saying “Later”, it rings very true as to its new and deeper meaning and it brings a joyfulness and comfort to the hearts of those he loved so well; those who love him still and will forever more.

… we are  reminded of the promise of the Hymn:  

 ’Till We Meet Again. Amen.

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GOD’S  WORD

From The Metropolitan Tabernacle (C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892)

 

SERMON: November 19th  

What Can You Trust   Titus 1:2  with Dr. Peter Masters

Life is a search for dependable things in an unreliable world. Apart from wilful lies there are countless mistaken ideas, half-truths, empty promises, excuses and exaggerations, not to mention gossip and slander. Here the truthfulness of God is presented and His solid promises to all who come to Him. 


TESTIMONY: November 19th  
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
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SACRED LITERATURE: November 19th  

THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS  by John Bunyan

 

ORIGINAL: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Pub. by Logos in 1853  from the 1678 Original 

REVISED: by Barry E. Horner: The Pilgrim’s Progrefs  [sic] ©1999

 

The Pilgrim Progress is the world’s most widely published and most famous Allegory, It was commonly found among he scant possessions in the cabins of the early American Pioneers. It was  loved and  read, second only to the Holy Bible, God’s Word, of guidance, encouragement and comfort. It’s also considered, by some, to be the world’s first English novel and is the most published book of all time. other than the Bible. There were 1,300 editions printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death. It remains among the world’s most famous literature.

 

 Excerpt from  Spurgeon Sermon    ― CHRIST IN YOU

 

"Christ in us is Christ reigning." reminds me [Spurgeon]  of Mr. Bunyan’s picture of [the town of] Mansoul, …when the Prince Immanuel laid siege to it, and Diabolus from within the city strove to keep him out. It was a, hard time for Mansoul then; but when at last the battering rams had broken down the gates, and the silver trumpets sounded, and the prince’s captains entered the breach, then on a day the prince himself did ride down the city’s streets, while liberated citizens welcomed him with all their hearts, hung out all their streamers, and made the church towers rock again as the bells rang out merry peals [melodies] , for the king himself was come. Up to the castle of the heart [main castle]  he rode in triumph, and took his royal throne to be henceforth the sole lord and king of the city.

       Christ in you is a right royal word. Christ swaying his scepter from the center of your being over every power and faculty, desire and resolve, bringing every thought into captivity to himself, oh, this is glory begun, and the sure pledge of heaven. Oh for more of the imperial sovereignty of Jesus; it is our liberty to be absolutely under his sway.

 

 Spurgeon Sermon: November 19th  Christ in You, May 13, 1883 Scripture: Colossians 1:27  From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 29   (cit. II. THE SWEETNESS OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, § 5)

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 You may choose to read, or  listen to, or share  with a little one, Pilgrim’s Progress as a bed time story.

It will bless, strengthen, encourage and instruct all pilgrims (readers and seekers) of all ages for a life-time.

 

Link here to the Complete Index of  Bible Scripture References   that are found in Pilgrim’s Progress. John Bunyan does not present any World view different from the view of the world Scripture brings. Rather, he trusts scripture to speak per se [of itself].

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ADULT AUDIO:

The Pilgrim’s Progress   by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn -6 ½ hours)

Preface: Bunyan’s letter​     

Episode 01: The City of Destruction      

Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable      

Episode 03: The Swamp of Despond

Episode 04: Mr. Worldly Wiseman

Episode 05: The Narrow Gate

Episode 06: The House of the Interpreter  

Episode 07: The Cross

Episode 08: Simple, Sloth & Presumption

Episode 09: Formalist & Hypocrisy

Episode 10: The Hill Difficulty

Episode 11: Timorous & Mistrust

Episode 12: The Palace Beautiful

Episode 14: The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Episode 15: Christian Meets Faithful & Talkative

Episode 16:  Mr. By-ends      Town of Fair Speech

Episode 17: The Hill Lucre [Gain and Greed]

Episode 18: By-path Meadow   Vain Confidence

Episode 19: Doubting Castle

Episode 20: The Delectable Mountains

Episode 21:    Ignorance  (Conceit)

Episode 22:  The Flatterer​

Episode 23: Atheist

Episode 24: The Enchanted Ground

Episode 25: Ignorance Rejoins the Pilgrims

Episode 26:  Beulah Land

Episode 27: The River of Death

Episode 28:  The Celestial City

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CHILDREN’S VIDEO (Illustrated Adaptation) 

Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.

            DANGEROUS JOURNEY    

Part 1 The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]

Part 2 The Interpreter’s House

Part 4 The Fight with Apollyon

Part 5 The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Part 6   Vanity Fair

Part 7 Doubting Castle

Parts  8  & 9   The Dark River and  The Celestial City

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PART II of PILGRIM’S PROGRESS – CHRISTIANA, The SEQUEL  (Enjoy this “Old English” dialect)

AUDIO: These files will advance to and play the next recording automatically, if not paused.                

1 Part II 04   A Visit from Secret   4:50 Audio

2 Part II 05 Good News 2:25 Audio

3 Part II 28 Mount Charity 1:01 Audio

4 Part II 29 Fool & Want-Wit 1:16 Audio

5 Part II 31 Meeting Valiant-For-Truth 1:41 Audio

6 Part II 01 Valiant Does Battle 5:51 Audio

7 Part II 02 Valiant’s Story 3:35 Audio

9 Part II 09 Stand-Fast’s 'Wife' 6:02 Audio

10 Part II 11 Stand-Fast’s Story 1:37 Audio

11 Part II 12 Beulah Land 3:20 Audio      

12 Part II 14 The Postman’s Visit 1:57 Audio

13 Part II 15 Christiana’s Blessing 5:55 Audio

14 Part II 16 Christiana Goes Over The River 1:20 Audio

15 Part II 19 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio

16 Part II 20 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio

17 Part II 21 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio

18 Part II 22 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio

19 Part II 23 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio

20 Part II 24 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio

 

 

DAILY SPURGEON & DEVOTION  for November 19th *A.D. 2024 Written and calendared for this exact date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

*A.D. Does NOT mean after death as is commonly believed. It is a Latin abbreviation
for anno Domani (It means “Year of our Lord” in English)

BC/AD versus BCE/CE 

Stand for the Truth, Won’t you? 

 

Jesus Christ [Messiah] the LORD GOD was born of a virgin 2024 years ago, is now here in the   flesh from GOD through His body and bride, the church and lives forevermore, time without end  and He’s coming again, soon.

 

PRAYER 16, Part 3 of 8: November 19th HE EVER LIVETH.

ANECDOTE 109: November 19th GLOOMY DAYS OUR OWN FAULT.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: November 19th  FROM OBEDIENCE TO BLESSING
-From this day will I bless you-   Haggai 2:19
MORNING: November 19th "Avoid foolish questions. "—Titus 3:9
EVENING  November 19th
"0 that I knew where I might find Him,"— Job 23:3

A SINNER’S PRAYER November 19th

 

PRAYER 16, Part  3 of 8 November 19th   HE EVER LIVETH.

[Dear Father] Our first prayer shall be for those who do not pray. There is an ancient promise of Thine [Yours], “I am found of them that sought Me not; I said, Behold Me, behold Me, to a people that were not a people.” Prove the sovereignty of Thy [Your] grace, the priority of Thy [Your] power, which runs before [precedes and brings] the will of man, by making many willing in this, the day of Thy [Your] power, and calling the things that are not as though they were.

 

May the day come in which they that are in their graves [alive physically but dead spiritually] shall hear the voice of God, and they that hear shall live [be made alive].

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

Attachment: PRAYER 16.doc

 

ANECDOTE 109: November 19th GLOOMY DAYS [are] OUR OWN FAULT.
We have a deep river of delights in the covenant [God’s divine promise] of grace, yet we are content to paddle about its shores. We are only up to our ankles, the most of us, whereas the waters are “waters to swim in.”

 

A great sun of everlasting love shines upon the globe of our life with tropical force, but we get away to the North Pole of doubt and fear, and then complain that the sun has such little heat, or that he [the sun] is so long below the horizon.[the day is so short] 

He who will not go to the fire ought not to complain that the room is cold.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK  November 19th C.H. FROM OBEDIENCE TO BLESSING

-From this day will I bless you-  Haggai 2:19
-Desde aqueste dia dare bendición-  Hageo 2:19  
 

Future things are hidden from us. Yet here is a glass [window] in which we may see the unborn years. The Lord says,  -From this day will I bless you-. It is worth while to note the day which is referred to in this promise.

 

There had been failure of crops, blasting [draught], and mildew, and all because of the people’s sin. Now, the Lord saw these chastened [disciplined] ones commencing [starting]  to obey His word, and build His temple, and therefore He says, -From the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider. From this day will I bless you.-   If we have lived in any sin, and the Spirit leads us to purge [rid] ourselves of it, we may reckon [rely] upon the blessing of the Lord.

His smile, His Spirit, His grace, His fuller  revelation of His truth will all prove to us an enlarged blessing. 

 

We may fall into greater Opposition from man [the world]  because of our faithfulness, but we shall rise to closer dealings with the Lord our God, and a clearer sight of our acceptance in Him.  Lord, I am resolved to be more true to thee, and more exact in my following of thy doctrine and thy precept [Your teaching and principles];  and I pray thee, [ask you] therefore, by Christ Jesus, to increase the blessedness of my daily life henceforth and for ever [from now on and forever more].

Prayer: Thank You Lord  for the  blessing you give us from the day we begin to obey Your word in laying the foundation of Your temple, confessing our sins and considering ourselves to be dead to them by the power of the Holy Spirit.  I receive this promise in the name of Your son, the Lord Jesus and rely on the Holy Spirit to empower faithfulness and obedience in me.  Amen.

 
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       … and pray for the saving of souls and strengthening  of believers. 

The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

 

Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s eternal Word preserved by God, Himself.

John 3:16       
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

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       … and pray for the saving of souls and strengthening  of believers. 

The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

 

Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s eternal Word preserved by God, Himself.

      For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

John 3:16  

 

vis. The Textus Receptus TR [Received Text] is the faithfully rendered Greek text with an overwhelming agreement in and among the majority of the 5,321 extant New Testament, Greek manuscripts  known as the  MT. [Majority Text]. The Old Testament Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts were meticulously copied by hand [manuscript] by the Masoretic scribes. These are the manuscripts  from which  the Original King James version  was translated onto English.

In order for Westcott & Hort and Nestle & Aland to create the Modern Greek to shore up  the highly nuanced Critical Text theory, only Fifty-five manuscripts from the 5,321 Majority Text MT were hand-picked and they were not from the Textus Receptus but were selected from  the inferior Sinaiticus and Vaticanus codices. These fifty-five manuscripts  brought  variant readings and were created, ostensibly, to justify the creation of an alternative Greek text to the Textus Receptus which had been under spurious attack by Westcott & Hort and Nestle & Aland for many years.

The Codices known as Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are inferior because they often are in disagreement with the Textus Receptus and incredibly, with one another. They give rise to variant readings and embrace secular doctrine bias not supported by scripture translated from the Majority Text or Textus Receptus.  They have been infused by  invented Greek text where an absence of Greek text from the Fifty-five hand-picked manuscripts was found.

They invented but did not disclose themselves as the source  of the new Greek translation.  They supplied this new Greek translation to all Committee members with the aim to revise the King James Bible. However, They insisted on a code of silence as to the authorship of the Greek Text from which all the Revisions were to be based. All members of the committee were required to agree to this code.

Modern textual criticism is based on the assumption that older manuscripts are, de-facto, more accurate. Actually, the continuous and unsettled changes from their  variant readings reflect doctrinal ambiguities and biases not supported by the Majority Text.

Scripture based on The Greek text of Westcott &  Hort and Nestle & Aland of a secular or denominational tradition allow modern textual criticism  to  rob God of His Sovereignty, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Immutability, Inerrancy and  Infallibility and to diminish Glory from His infinite and everlasting “I AM” that deserves and demands ALL of the GLORY.

 

 

 

MORNING  November 19th "AVOID FOOLISH QUESTIONS. "Titus 3:9

—Las cuestiones necias evita— Tito 3:9
 

       OUR days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance. The old schoolmen did a world of mischief by their incessant discussion of subjects of no practical importance; and our Churches suffer much from petty wars over abstruse points and unimportant questions. After everything has been said that can be said, neither party is any the wiser, and therefore the discussion no more promotes knowledge than love, and it is foolish to sow [plant seed] in so barren a field. Questions on points wherein Scripture is silent, on mysteries which belong to God alone, on prophecies of doubtful interpretation, and on mere modes [customs and traditions] of observing human ceremonials are all foolish, and wise men avoid them. Our business is neither to ask nor answer foolish questions, but to avoid them altogether; and if we observe the apostle's precept (Titus 3:8) to be careful to maintain good works, we shall find ourselves far too much occupied with profitable business to take much interest in unworthy, contentious, and needless strivings.
       

There are, however, some questions which are the reverse of foolish, that we must not avoid, but fairly and honestly meet, such as these:


 

  • Do I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?

  • Am I renewed in the spirit of my mind?

  • Am I walking not after the flesh, but after the Spirit?

  • Am I growing in grace?

  • Does my conversation adorn the doctrine of God my Savior?

  • Am I looking for the coming of the Lord, and watching as one who expects his master?

  • What more can I do for Jesus?



Such enquiries as these urgently demand our attention, and if we have been at all given to caviling [inconsequential quibbling], let us now turn our critical abilities to a service so much more profitable. Let us be peacemakers and endeavor to lead others, both by our precept [moral injunction, teaching] and example, to

"avoid foolish questions."

 

EVENING  November 19th
"0 that I knew where I might find Him,"— Job 23:3
—Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar á Dios— Job 23:3
 

IN Job's uttermost extremity [worse despair] he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see [to again see] his Father's face.

 

His first prayer is not "0 that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part of my body," nor even  "0h  that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!"

 

But the first and uppermost cry is,

"0h that I knew where I might find Him, who is my God! that I might come even to His seat!"

 

God's children run home when the storm comes on.
It is the heaven-born instinct of a gracious soul to seek shelter from all ills [troubles] beneath the wings of Jehovah. "He that hath made God, his refuge"  [safe place]  might serve as the title of a true believer.

 

A hypocrite, when afflicted by God, resents the infliction and, like a slave, would run from the Master who has scourged him. But not so the true heir of heaven; he kisses the hand which smote him and seeks shelter from the rod [whipping stick] in the bosom of the God who frowned upon Him.

 

Job's desire to commune with God was intensified by the failure of all other sources of consolation.

 

The patriarch [Job] turned away from his sorry friends and looked up to the celestial throne, just as a traveler turns from his empty skin bottle [canteen] and with all speed goes to the well.

 

He bids farewell to earthborn hopes, and cries, "0 that I knew where I might find my God!" Nothing teaches us so much [about] the preciousness of the Creator, as when we learn the emptiness of all besides [everything else].

 

Turning away with bitter scorn from earth's hives [of bees] where we find no honey but many sharp stings, we rejoice in Him whose faithful word is sweeter than honey or the honeycomb. In every trouble we should first seek to realize God's presence with us.

 

Only let us enjoy His smile, and we can bear our daily cross with a willing heart

for His dear sake.
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The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  2 Peter 3:9

 

Pray also that believers will rightly divide God’s inerrant eternal Word forever settled in heaven.  Psalm 119:89

 

 

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Hence, we resolve, God helping us, to read, study, meditate-on, trust-in  and obey God’s revealed and divinely preserved Word,  holding it to be the supreme authority and the only divinely established Stare Decisis [Latin: to stand by that which is decided] in all things.

       Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature, ministering God’s love to all, especially those in the household of faith.  The Bible is God’s everlasting, inspired, (God breathed) inerrant, infallible, unchangeable, divinely protected and preserved Word of love and salvation to the entire world.  It is also the essential foundation of this ministry.
History: The  inspired preaching, teaching and writing  of Charles Haddon Spurgeon is all empowered by God’s revealed Word the Bible.  His written publications continue to benefit readers through authentic Gospel preaching and sound biblical teaching. This ministry continues to flourish from  (Spurgeon’s)  Metropolitan Tabernacle, (Brief History) a church fellowship that was begun in 1650. The building was constructed by members of the congregation in 1861.

       We present Spurgeon's printed  materials for the edification of the church body as well as for the benefit, blessing and gospel challenge to all readers. Our desire is that the written Word of God will become the Living  Word in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ to each and every reader.
 

Dailyspurgeon.com is offered to encourage and provide opportunity to hear Gospel preaching, and to engage in daily devotional meditation, Bible study and prayer. Careful adherence to Spurgeon’s calendar and  original, unabridged text is given herein.
 
C.H. Spurgeon Prayers
Spurgeon’s  Illustrative Anecdotes
Faith’s Checkbook
Morning & Evening

           These publications were written by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.
No servant of God has left a greater legacy of presenting the Gospel to the world in the English language. (Now translated into many other languages)  Spurgeon is widely read with great benefit. He is a beloved pastor and founder of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, England, still thriving TODAY.  You’re invited to Live-stream worship services from London with Dr. Peter Masters, current  pastor since 1960.
Prayer: Dear Lord, empower your ministry to win many souls, and serve those in need, especially those in the household of faith, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Disclaimer: The John Mark Publishing Company does not solicit praise of  Charles H. Spurgeon or his writing or preaching.  He didn’t need or want it then and wouldn’t desire it now.  Our aim is to lift up and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and to preach HIM only and him crucified.

Precaution: These Messages and prayers will not substitute for continual fellowship with the Lord Jesus nor gathering for corporate worship. Neither do they replace personal reading, meditation, prayer and fasting over God's divinely preserved and eternal Word. 

 

The Authorized King James version (AKJV), also known as the Authorized Version (AV), is the preferred English Bible because it is translated into English accurately and faithfully from the Greek Textus Receptus [received text] and the Hebrew Masoretic Text  that bring the greatest glory to God and avoids doctrinal error, inaccuracies in translation, editorial changes or ambiguous readings found in other translations. It is distinguished further by the requirement of Great Brittan that all King James bibles be printed only by the Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s authorized printer. No other [person or publisher] may print, copy or import the King James Bible into Great Brittan by order of the Crown.


Printed Prayer: Printed prayers must not be read or offered as a substitute for personal, fervent, effectual, heart-felt, prayer. They are offered, rather, to warm the hearts of those who will presently seek a season of fervent, authentic two-way, heart-to-heart  fellowship and prayer with the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Authentic revelations from God during  prayer are always consistent with His revealed Word, the Bible.   

 

My Prayer: Dear Father,  is that You would touch, lift up, encourage and teach all who faithfully minister your Word.  Bless all who minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ. May Your blessing and holy anointing fall fresh upon each dear reader and abide with each one who rightly divides and faithfully proclaims Your Word  [The Bible]. Please save many souls; and may all be glory be yours alone. I pray this in the name of our Redeemer, The Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

 

Distribution: The Publishing Company sends DailySpurgeon by e-mail, day-by-day, to all all e-mail request received. No fee or registration is required. Please send the  e-mail address of anyone you would like to add to our mailing list. Also, please know you may FORWARD these e-mails or  COPY AND SEND them to anyone you may choose.
Send requests to michaelriley1008@gmail.com

 

Editorial Support: [Brackets] are used to clarify words or expressions that are not commonly used in, present day (USA) English.   No changes other than spelling differences between UK and United States English (USA) noted with asterisks *  have been made to the original, unabridged text.  Bible scripture links are underlined blue text.(English: AKJV, Authorized King James Version; Spanish: Reina Valera Gomez).
 

Copyright: Prayers, Anecdotes, Faith’s Checkbook  and  Morning &  Evening  by C.H. Spurgeon are public domain and free from any © copyright limitation or restriction. Please Forward, copy and share freely, [Social media, US mail etc.] Your partnership is acknowledged with gratitude.

 

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SACRED MUSIC :
Amazing Grace by Wintley Phipps at Carnegie Hall 
(3)   URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHTSCJ77SM8

 

 (SPECIAL  SLAVE SHIP MUSIC)

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CLASSICAL Oratory:

Handle’s Messiah (Complete Performance of World’s most Beloved Sacred Christmas Oratory by The King’s College, U.K.) Hear Isaiah’s words through the music mentioned in today’s

 

I Will Make You Fishers of Men (Children’s choir)

I Put My Trust in You  (I Walk by Faith) - Maranatha Praise Band by Chris Falson

 

SACRED HYMNS:

(Click and Sing-along Hymn to accompany today’s MORNING Selection)

Holy, Holy, Holy - Christian Choir Hymn with Lyrics

1,099,902 views Mar 13, 2010

We're Marching to Zion with Jim Hill, Gaither TV

He Is Able to Deliver Thee Sing-along won’t you?

Standing on the Promises by Alan Jackson with Lyrics

The Old Rugged Cross … by Alabama

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The Lord’s Supper:    In Remembrance of Me ...to accompany (Communion)

Call to Worship: The Lord’s Prayer Matthew 6:9-13 by Andrea Bocelli

Sacred Praise: Highly Exalted by Acappella

Sacred HYMN: Then Came the Morning by Guy Penrod Gaither’s Easter Special

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TOP 12  PRAISE SONGS

Jesus Loves the Little Children (2) in (5) five Languages

I Love You Lord with Jared Reynolds

Blessed Be The Name of the Lord with Guitar chords/lyrics by Matt Redman…

Lead Me Guide Me with Elvis Sing-along, won’t you?

Trees of the Field   with Bill and Gloria Gaither

The Love of God Lyrics and Congregation

I Love You Lord with Jared Reynolds

Create in Me a Clean Heart by the Maranatha Singers with Lyrics

God Will Take Care of You Oakridge Boys

Just a Little Talk With Jesus   by The Oak Ridge Boys

Mary Did You Know? with Mark Lowry, Guy Penrod and David Phelps 

 

MORE FAVORITES: (Sing-along, won’t you?)

I Waited For The Lord on High by Maranatha

In The Garden by Elvis Presley

Bringing In The Sheaves with Marshal Hall and Friends

Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior by Gaither Music TV Congregation

Seek Ye First The Kingdom of God Islington Baptist Church Sing-along won’t you?

Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior by Gaither Congregation

Seek Ye First The Kingdom of God Islington Baptist Church

Send The Light   Altar of Praise Men’s Chorale Written by Charles H. Gabriel 1890 

Holy, Holy, Holy - Christian Choir Hymn with Lyrics

Do, Lord, Do Remember Me with Mauldin Harmony Arrangement 

God Bless America by Sandi Patty with Lyrics

Standing on the Promises by Alan Jackson with Lyrics

God Will Take Care of You Oakridge Boys

The Old Rugged Cross  by Tennessee Ernie Ford Composition History

The Old Rugged Cross by Merle Haggard

Handle's  MESSIAH  Complete Two Hour Performance of World’s most Beloved Sacred Christmas by American BACH Soloist in the Grace Cathedral.

The Love of God Guy Penrod, Gaither Congregation

Send The Light     Altar of Praise Men’s Chorale Written by Charles H. Gabriel 1890 

The Twenty Third Psalm The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want… Complete Scripture of 23rd chapter beautifully Sung.

Shout To The Lord broadcast from TV show American Idol

It was a blessing when American Idol included this hymn for millions, around the world.

Rock of Ages Tennessee Ernie Ford with brief introduction written by Augustus Montague. Toplady, music by Thomas Hastings. 1762

189,225 views Jul 22, 2014 &

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus Allison Durham Speer and Steve Amerson written by Helen Howarth Lemmel in 1922 inspired by a tract entitled Foccused, written by the missionary Isabella Lilias Trotter. Lemmel first published the hymn in England as a pamphlet in 1918, 260,442 views Sep 20, 2012

My All in All Gaither Homecoming

Christ Arose ! by Kingdom Quartet Written by Robert Lowry 1874

Just As I Am by Metropolitan Tabernacle Congregation London U.K.

Beneath the Cross of Jesus   Congregational Sung at Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022.

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We pray that you will NOW trust [believe in] the Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah] as your personal, and only Lord and savior, and worship Him in Spirit and truth.

 

The aim of this website is to encourage and support believers to have greater love and stronger devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ. To this end, devotional support is offered through prayer, praise, and gospel preaching of God’s Word.

 

To the non-believer, is proclaimed The Good News that Jesus Saves and pray that they will trust in HIM and publicly confess their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to be born again.

Join in, won’t you? with family, friends and others to pray, hear and heed the gospel of Jesus, and to sing hymns and praises worshiping God in spirit and in truth to God’s glory. Ephesians 5:18-20

 

As fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ,  we encourage one another to:

 

• Pray with our heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17

• Be obedient to the eternal, inspired, immutable, inerrant, infallible, revealed and protected Word of God, revealed through Jesus Christ, the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23

• Be [Be being] filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19

• Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together as the manner of some is; 

Hebrews 10:23-25

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

 - Jesus Christ   Matthew 18:19-20

 

You are invited to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through trust in and obedience to His only begotten Son, God’s Word made flesh, the Lord Jesus Christ, [the Messiah] the Lamb of God and to follow Him in proclaiming God’s Gospel of eternal life to every creature. John 3:16

 

To this end, Audio, Video, Praise and Printed resources are freely offered here in the name of Jesus Christ, [The Messiah].

 

The Audio content includes Sacred Music, The Pilgrim’s Progress and Gospel preaching of sermons, prayerfully selected, to present daily devotionals with the prayer that the lost will be saved; encouraged, challenged, built-up and that all who visit the website will grow in grace and be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. 

 

  • Preaching is from The Metropolitan Tabernacle (London, U.K.) by Pastor, Dr. Peter Masters or invited guests including the narration of recorded Sermons preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon who is still known as The Prince of Preachers.
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Where will you spend     E  T  E  R  N  I  T  Y ? by Billy Graham

 

HEAR  HIS  LAST RECORDRD MESSAGE:

                                                                                

URL:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y7kULLmtL0

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