Judah: I Will Praise the LORD
Leah names her fourth son and says why: Judah — This time I will praise the LORD (Gen 29:35). The naming line already preached the praise. Names Milk.
Morning – October 13 | Spurgeon Devotional
Scripture For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. — 2 Corinthians 7:10 (ESV) Devotional Genuine, spiritual mourning for sin is the work of the Spirit of God. Repentance is too choice a flower to grow in nature’s garden. Pearls grow naturally in oysters, but penitence … Read more
Evening – October 12 | Spurgeon Devotional
Scripture But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. — John 14:26 (ESV) Devotional This age is peculiarly the dispensation of the Holy Spirit, in which Jesus cheers us, not by … Read more
Simeon: The LORD Has Heard
Leah names her second son and says why: Simeon — Because the Lord has heard that I am hated (Gen 29:33). The naming line already preached the hearing. Names Milk.
Morning – October 12 | Spurgeon Devotional
Scripture I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. — Psalm 119:15 (ESV) Devotional There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on his Word spiritual … Read more
Evening – October 11 | Spurgeon Devotional
Scripture And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. — Romans 8:30 (ESV) Devotional In the second epistle to Timothy, first chapter, and ninth verse, are these words–“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.” Now, … Read more
Morning – October 11 | Spurgeon Devotional
Scripture Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: — Lamentations 3:41 (ESV) Devotional The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without constraining us to pray for them we should never know … Read more
Evening – October 10 | Spurgeon Devotional
Scripture I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless. — Jeremiah 15:21 (ESV) Devotional Note the glorious personality of the promise. I will, I will. The Lord Jehovah himself interposes to deliver and redeem his people. He pledges himself personally to rescue them. … Read more
Morning – October 10 | Spurgeon Devotional
Scripture Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, — Jude 24 (ESV) Devotional Revolve in your mind that wondrous word, “faultless!” We are far off from it now; but as our Lord never stops short of perfection … Read more
Barnabas: Son of Encouragement
Luke translates the nickname himself: Barnabas (which means son of encouragement) (Acts 4:36). The name is a job description you can hear. Names Milk.