DEVOTION for November 7th  *A,D, 2025.

 

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All Bible versions NOT  translated from the Textus Receptus [The (traditional) Received Text] include variant  readings that diminish the full  glory and the most Holy reverence due to Almighty GOD, that He preserves and protects it immutable 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 includes  commentaries from inspired, devoted,  faithful men of GOD; Believers beyond reproach.

 

 Only the traditional Textus Receptus [Received GreekText] was produced  from more than 5,321 original Majority Greek Manuscripts MT and agree 99% with one another. All other variant readings are translated from  either Westcott and Hort’s or Nestle and Aland’s, Greek Texts  fabricated from only a handful [45] of Majority Text Manuscripts MT and  lack the  trustworthiness of  the inspired 1769 [1611] King James Version, KJV and the Geneva Bibles. are the only two translations from 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 over 100 new version 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 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. is used with B.C. Before Christ  to divide all history before and after the birth of Jesus Christ.   ...More

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Should  DAILYSPURGEON  be trusted? Is it trustworthy?

Is it of God?

Yes! 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 hereby confess, audibly,  that Jesus Christ is come   [is here] in the flesh.

 

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

 

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

 

While this is a true statement, taken at face value, the  meaning  “has come” is clearly not the same as “is here” ; which is the valid, test to  discern between the Spirit of God and 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 greater importance,  is not whether the spirit [of a word or from a person] 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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Compare and consider scripture to scripture:  Precept upon precept, Line upon line.

 

“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]

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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for November 7th *A.D. 2024 Written and calendared for this date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

 

PRAYER 14, Part 8 of 8 November 7th BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL!
ANECDOTE 98:    A Christian Home.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK  November 7th C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892 TRUE HUMILITY REWARDED

-He that humbleth himself shall be exalted-   Luke 18:14

MORNING November 7th

 "Behold, I have graven [engraved] thee upon the palms of my hands." — Isaiah 49:16

EVENING  November 7th

"And ye shall be witnesses unto Me. "— Acts 1:8

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PRAYER 14, Part 8 of 8  November 7th BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL!  
[Prayer for America]

O God of the Judges, Thou [You] who didst [did] raise up first one and then another when the people went astray from God; raise up for us still our Deborahs, our Baraks, our Gideons and Jephthahs, and Samuels, that shall maintain for God His truth, and worst [defeat] the enemies of Israel.

Lord look upon Thy [Your] Church in these days.  Lord revive us. Lord restore us. Lord give power to Thy [Your] Word again that Thy [Your] name may be glorified.  Remember the Church of God in this land in all its various phases and portions, and pour out Thy [Your] Spirit upon it.  

Remember the multitude of Thy [Your] people across the sea in America, prosper them, bless them with the increase of God. 

 

And wherever Thou hast [You have] a people may Jesus dwell with them and reveal Himself to His own, for Christ’s sake, to whom be glory with the Father and with the Holy Ghost, for ever and ever.. [in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,] .. Amen. 

Note: This prayer was prayed by Charles Spurgeon in the 1800’s and was republished in 1909 by Dinsdale T. Young.

 

It was published again on November 7, 2012  by the John Mark Publishing Co. publisher of  DailySpurgeon.com   a website ministering the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the use of content preached and written by Charles Spurgeon…  At the time it was published. no thought had been given to the date or the corresponding Presidential election in the U. S. on the previous day.

 

The 2012 publication actually fell one day after President Barak Obama was  elected on November 6th.. It was truly amazing to realize the connection with the providential significance in Spurgeon’s  prayer for America and the mention of the name, “Barak”.  Remarkable in the fact that the name Barak of the old testament appeared in the prayer; providential in its timeliness (the very next day after the election) and miraculous with  the specific blessing to prosper and bless America with the increase of Godliness, by a Pastor, in London, delivered over 150 years ago and miraculous in its timeliness, and relevance, still bringing a blessing to us today. Please agree in prayer for a return to God more today. Won’t you? 
 

P.S. November 7, 2021

The legacy of Barak Obama’s presidency paved the way for the 2016 election of Donald John Trump, and his reelection in 2024. Trump,  a businessman and political outsider, has  awakened America’s patriots and leads the movement to stand against corruption in government, and ungodly public policies in favor of a return to greatness by the United States and to be found truly “Under God” once again.

 

ANECDOTE 98: November 7th  A Christian Home.
A religious house is the best proof of true piety. It is not my  chapel,  it is my house  it is not my minister, it is my home companion who can  best judge me; it is the servant, the child, the wife, the friend, that can discern most  of my real character. A good man will  improve his household.  
Rowland Hill once said, he would  not believe a man to be a true Christian if  his wife, his children, the servants, and even the dog and cat, were not the better for it. That is being religious [a true believer]. 

If your household is not the better  for your Christianity if men cannot say, “This is a better house than others,” then be not deceived ye have nothing of the grace of God.

 

Let not your servant [house-keeper, maintenance or landscaper], on leaving your employ, say, “Well, this is a queer sort of a  religious family; there was no prayer in the morning, I began the day with my drudgery; there was no prayer at night, I was kept  at home all the Sabbath-day. Once a fortnight, [14 days] perhaps,  I was allowed  to go out in the afternoon, when there was  nowhere to  go where I could hear a gospel sermon. My master and mistress went to a place  where of course they heard the blessed gospel of God that was all for them; as for me, I might have the dregs and leavings of some overworked curate in the afternoon.”  Surely, Christian men will not act in that way. No! Carry out your godliness in the heart of your own family [neighbors, coworkers, friends, and those you come in contact with].

 

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK November 7th     C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892  
NOVEMBER 7  TRUE HUMILITY REWARDED

-He that humbleth himself shall be exalted-   Luke 18:14

-El que se humilla, sera ensalzado- Lucas 18:14  

 

It ought not to be difficult for us to humble ourselves, for what have we to be proud of? [What do we have that God has not given us] We ought to take the lowest place without being told to do so. If we are sensible and honest, we shall be little in our own eyes. Especially before the Lord in prayer we shall shrink to nothing.

There we cannot speak of merit [our own goodness] , for we have none: our one and only appeal must be to mercy: -God be merciful to me a sinner.- Here is a cheering word from the throne. We shall be exalted by the Lord if we humble ourselves.

 

For us the way upward is downhill [downward] . When we are stripped of self [selfishness and pride] we are clothed with humility, and this is the best of [clothing to] wear. The Lord will exalt us [lift us up] in peace and happiness of mind; He will exalt us into knowledge of His Word and fellowship with Himself;  He will exalt us [lift us up] in the enjoyment of sure pardon and justification.

 

The Lord puts His honors upon those who can wear them to the honor of the Giver. He gives usefulness, acceptance, and influence to those who will not be puffed up by them, but will be abased by a sense of greater responsibility. Neither God nor man will care to lift up a man who lifts up himself; but both God and good men unite to honor modest  [unassuming, unassertive, authentic] worth. 

 

O Lord, sink me in self that I may rise in thee.
 

Prayer: Thank You Lord that  you lift us up when we humble ourselves before You.  Thank You that You hear and answer all our prayers. Help me to humble myself and trust in You.  I pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen. 

 

MORNING   November 7th

 

"Behold, I have graven [engraved] thee upon the palms of my hands." —  Isaiah 49:16

—He aquí que en las palmas te tengo esculpida Isaías 49:16
 

       N0 doubt a part of God's wonder which is concen­trated in the word "Behold," is excited by the un­believing lamentation [sorrow] of the preceding sentence. [verse 14:] “But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.”  How amazed the divine mind seems to be at this wicked unbelief! What can be more astounding than the unfounded doubts and fears of God's favored people? 

 

The Lord's loving word of rebuke should make us blush; He cries, "How can I have forgotten you, when I have engraved you on the palms of my hands? How dare you doubt my constant remembrance, when the memorial is set on my very flesh?" 0 unbelief, how strange a marvel you are! We know not which to wonder at most, the faithfulness of God or the unbelief of His people. He keeps His promise a thousand times, and yet the next trial makes us doubt Him. He never fails;

He is never a dry well; He is never as a setting sun, a passing meteor, or a melting vapor; and yet we are continually vexed with anxieties, molested with suspicions, and disturbed with fears, as if our God were the mirage of the desert. 

 

"Behold," is a word intended to excite admi­ration. Here, indeed, we have a theme for marveling [being amazed]. Heaven and earth may well be astonished that rebels should obtain so great a nearness to the heart of infinite love as to be written on the palms of His hands. "I have graven thee  [you].”   It does not say, [I have written] "Your name." The name is there, but that is not all: "I have graven [etched, engraved] thee  [you]."  See the fullness of this! I have graven your person, your image, your case, your circumstances, your sins, your tempta­tions, your weaknesses, your wants, your works;

 

I have “graven  thee,” [you] everything about you, all that concerns you; I have put you altogether there. Will you ever say again that God has forsaken you when He has "graven  [tattooed] thee  [you] " on His own palms?

 

EVENING      November 7th

"And ye shall be witnesses unto Me. "— Acts 1:8

 —Me sereís testigos— Hechos 1:8

 

IN order to learn how to perform your duty as a witness for Christ, look at His example. He is always wit­nessing:

by the well of Samaria or

in the Temple of Jeru­salem,

by the lake of Gennesaret or

on the mountain's brow.

 

He is witnessing night and day; 

 

His mighty prayers are as vocal to God as His daily services. He witnesses under all circumstances. Scribes and Pharisees cannot shut His mouth; even before Pilate He witnesses a good confession. He witnesses so clearly and distinctly that there is no mistake in Him.

 

Christian, make your life a clear testimony. Be as the brook wherein you may see every stone at the bottom, not as the muddy creek of which you only see the surface, but clear and transparent, so that your heart's love to God and man may be visible to all. 

 

You need not say, "I am true": be true. Boast not of integrity, but be upright. So shall your testimony be such that men cannot help seeing it. Never, for fear of feeble man, restrain your witness. Your lips have been warmed with a coal from off the altar; let them speak like heaven-touched lips should. "In the morning sow [plant] thy seed, and in the eve­ning withhold not thine hand [don’t hold back] ." 

 

Watch not the clouds, consult not the wind [don’t look for excuses] —in season and out of season wit­ness for the Savior, and if it comes to pass that for Christ's sake you endure suffering in any shape, shrink not, but rejoice in the honor thus conferred on you that you are counted worthy to suffer with your Lord. And joy also in this—that your sufferings, your losses, and per­secutions will make you a platform from which the more vigorously and with greater power you will witness for Christ Jesus. Study your great Exemplar [Example, the Lord Jesus], and be filled with His Spirit. 

 

Remember that you [we]  need much teach­ing, much upholding [support], much grace, and much humility if your witnessing is to be to your Master's glory.

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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.

 

Pray like this, won’t you? :  

“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner hopeless without You.  I will never be able to save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned in Hell. By nature  and  practice I am a sinner. I’m  totally depraved and  I sin because I am a sinner. Please forgive me.

I realize that doing my best or being as good as possible, or being better than other people or having good excuses can never save me.
I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me.
I call on You,  by name,  Lord Jesus, right now to save me.  You died on the cross in my place to pay  for my sin. Your Word says,  “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21. Thank You, Lord.

 

     Right now, I surrender my sinful self  to You,  just as I am, Lord Jesus. I trust You to forgive me and save me and be my Lord and Savior.
Please forgive me for all my sins. I’m sorry for every sin (bad thoughts, words and things I have done) and look to You to forgive me of them all.  I need your strength to overcome sin’s temptations. Thank you for forgiving me.
You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross. 

    Thank you Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was born and that You love me still.
 

    Thank you Heavenly Father that You have made the way  of  redemption, forgiveness and  atonement for me  and have drawn me away from sin and death into Life  in Your only begotten son.  He took  my place and suffered my punishment.

 

     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. In Christ Jesus there is therefore now no condemnation.
 

     Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and for sending the Holy Spirit for my guidance, comfort  and solemn instruction into all truth,  Amen.”

    With all my heart, I thank you Lord Jesus for saving me. In your name, Lord Jesus I pray, Amen.

 

 

 

     Please allow us to rejoice over your new birth in the presence of angels in heaven who rejoice over one sinner that repents. Luke 15:10

 

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SACRED LITERATURE:

ORIGINAL: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Pub. by Logos,1853 from 1678 Original by John Bunyan

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

 

in Pilgrim’s Progress. (The World’s most widely circulated Allegory by John Bunyan, also credited, by some, as being the world’s first English novel. 

IT’S FREE. No subscription required. You may choose to read at your own pace, or you may want to view DailySpugeon.com for daily encounters with Pilgrim.)

 

"Christ in us is Christ reigning." reminds me [Spurgeon's comment] 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 [melody] , for the king himself was come. Up to the castle of the heart 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.

 

ADULT AUDIO Episodes and CHILDREN’S VIDEO Story Parts:

You may choose to read or listen to Pilgrim’s Progress as a bed time story.

It’s the world’s most famous allegory and is the all-time, world-wide best seller second only to the Bible. Some believe it to be the world’s first novel written in English.

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

Link to Complete Index of Bible Scripture References (open link).

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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 13: Battle with Apollyon

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

The Pilgrim's Progress is probably the most published books in the English language of all time, other than the Bible; 1,300 editions have been printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death; It’s the most famous Allegory ever written.

 

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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 3 The Hill Difficulty

Part 4 The Fight with Apollyon

Part 5 The Valley of the Shadow of Death

• Part 6   Vanity Fair

Part[jM1]  7 Doubting Castle

Parts  8  & 9   The Dark River and  The Celestial City

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PART II – 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

8 Part II 04 Which Way To Go 1:30 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
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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.

 Pray like this, won’t you? :  

“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner hopeless without You.  I would never be able to save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned in Hell. By nature  and  practice I am a natural-born sinner. I’m  totally depraved and  I sin because I am a sinner. Please forgive me.

I realize that doing my best or being as good as possible, or being better than other people or having good excuses can never save me.
 

     I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me.
I call on You,  by name  right now Lord Jesus to save me.  You died on the cross in my place to pay  for my sin. Your Word says,  “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21. Thank You, Lord.

     Right now, I surrender my sinful self  to You,  just as I am, Lord Jesus and I trust You to forgive and save me and be my Lord and Master.
Please forgive me for all my sins. I’m sorry for every sin (bad thoughts, words and things I have done) and look to You to forgive me of them all.  I need your strength to overcome sin’s temptations. Thank you for forgiving me.
You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross. 

    Thank you Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was born and that You love me still.

    Thank you Heavenly Father that You have made the way  of  redemption, forgiveness and  atonement for me  and have drawn me away from sin and death into Life  in Your only begotten son.  He took  my place and suffered my punishment.

     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. In Christ Jesus there is therefore now no condemnation.

     Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and for sending the Holy Spirit for my guidance, comfort  and solemn instruction into all truth,  Amen.”

    With all my heart, I thank you Lord Jesus for saving me. In your name, Lord Jesus I pray, Amen.

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Cast your cares on the Lord as you…

1.     – Call on Him. As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.. ...Psalm 55:16

2.     – Trust Him. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.. ... Psalm 37:5

3.     –  Come to Him. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.. ...  Matthew 11:28

4.     –  Give Him the burden.  Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22

 

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We believe the Bible is God’s revealed Word and that through His Word He guides us as individuals and as a local body of believers. We are resolved, God helping us, to study, meditate and pray to rightly divide God’s revealed and preserved Word holding it as the final authority in all things. 
The purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to make known the Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ to everyone. We desire to show the love of Jesus  to all, especially those in need and those in the household of faith. The Bible is God’s everlasting, inspired, (God breathed) inerrant, (error free) immutable (unchangeable), and infallible (incapable of being wrong) divinely protected and preserved  message of salvation to the whole world.  It is the essence of  the ministry  inspired here.
The  inspirational source of  preaching, teaching and writing  by Charles Haddon Spurgeon is from this same essence.  His writings continue to be  much read and much used today in the  support of Gospel preaching. Such ministry is still flourishing  in London at  the Metropolitan Tabernacle,  the church constructed for the 6,000 member congregation in the 1800's. Our effort here is to increase  the publication, circulation and use of Spurgeon's materials for the benefit of the church body as well as all other readers.  To this end we have arranged a daily Table of Contents and have added brief annotations [shown in brackets]  while maintaining a strict fidelity to Spurgeon’s original and unabridged text.  

 
Published Titles from Spurgeon’s written work are used exclusively as the resource from which
selections are made for inclusion into the Devotion each day from Daily Spurgeon:

 

·       C.H. Spurgeon Prayers

·       Spurgeon’s  Illustrative Anecdotes

·       Faith’s Checkbook

·       Morning &  Evening

These titles of devotional support  are from the body of inspired work from the gospel preaching and writings of Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.
      

No servant of God has given a greater legacy of gospel exposition to the world in the English language.  Spurgeon has been and is today widely read with great benefit from the 1800’s to this present time. He was the beloved venerable pastor of

https://metropolitantabernacle.org/

 in London, England (Still thriving TODAY to faithfully preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.)  [Click or Tap this link to stream gospel preaching in real time each Sunday by Dr. Peter Masters, Metropolitan Tabernacle  pastor since 1970.    
Prayer: Dear Lord, please empower this, Your ministry to thrive in winning souls, and helping us to be loving and compassionate toward all who are in need, especially those in the household of faith, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.      
Disclaimer: The John Mark Publishing Company is not intended to praise or exalt  Charles H. Spurgeon. He didn’t need or want it then and wouldn’t desire it now. Our intention is to lift up and glorify the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and to preach HIM and .     
Precaution: These Messages and prayers alone will not substitute for continual fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Neither do they replace personal reading, meditation, prayer and fasting over God's divinely protected, preserved and eternally immutable Word. (The King James version (KJV), known also as the Authorized Version (AV), is the preferred English Bible because its accuracy and fidelity to the Greek Textus Receptus [received text] and the Hebrew Masoretic Text) are inerrant and infallible and avoid doctrinal and editorial weaknesses  found in all contemporary versions that all follow the inferior Greek text of the Critical text theory advanced by Westcott and Hort.    
The Printed Prayer Selection must not be read or offered as a substitute for personal, fervent, effectual, heart-felt, prayer. It  is intended rather, to bless and warm the hearts of those who presently seek a season of fervent, authentic two-way, heart-to-heart  fellowship and prayer with the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit.     

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     My Prayer,  Dear Father,  is that You bless, lift up, encourage and teach all readers that You guide here.  Bless all those who minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ and may Your holy anointing fall fresh, continually upon each one who rightly divides and faithfully proclaims Your Word. Save many souls and make disciples of all who love and follow You. Be glorified in everything that is done in Your name, Lord Jesus.  Amen.

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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

 

 MISSION PURPOSE:         
       Our aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus Christ in everything. We rely wholly upon the Holy Spirit to impart God’s  divine revelation to us from His Word, the Holy Bible.  With God’s help, we will follow Jesus.  We expect  that lost souls will be saved, believers, comforted, strengthened and encouraged. To  God be all the glory.

       The Bible is God’s divinely inspired [God breathed] revealed, infinite, eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable Word to all mankind.  This divine, supernatural Word brings all revealed truth to the world. We purpose, therefore, to follow  God’s Holy Word, Personal guidance and guidance to the local church comes by His Word. 

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.

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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.

 

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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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Jesus Christ is The Messiah. HE has existed from eternity past to eternity future [FOREVER] as the WORD of God.    John 1:1-2

He was born of a virgin 2,024 years ago in Bethlehem,

is alive today, and is coming soon for His bride; the Church

[All redeemed believers].

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,

believed on in the world, received up into glory."

1 Timothy 3:16

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