"Thy Redeemer."

"Thy Redeemer."

Isaiah 54:5

Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours forever. All the offices of Christ are held on our behalf. 

He is king for us, priest for us, and prophet for us. Whenever we read a new title of the Redeemer, let us appropriate him as ours under that name as much as under any other. 

The shepherd's staff, the father's rod, the captain's sword, the priest's mitre, the prince's sceptre, the prophet's mantle, all are ours. Jesus hath no dignity which he will not employ for our exaltation, and no prerogative which he will not exercise for our defence. His fulness of Godhead is our unfailing, inexhaustible treasure-house.

His manhood also, which he took upon him for us, is ours in all its perfection. To us our gracious Lord communicates the spotless virtue of a stainless character; to us he gives the meritorious efficacy of a devoted life; on us he bestows the reward procured by obedient submission and incessant service. He makes the unsullied garment of his life our covering beauty; the glittering virtues of his character our ornaments and jewels; and the superhuman meekness of his death our boast and glory. 

He bequeaths us his manger, from which to learn how God came down to man; and his Cross to teach us how man may go up to God. All his thoughts, emotions, actions, utterances, miracles, and intercessions, were for us. He trod the road of sorrow on our behalf, and hath made over to us as his heavenly legacy the full results of all the labours of his life. He is now as much ours as heretofore; and he blushes not to acknowledge himself "our Lord Jesus Christ," though he is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. Christ everywhere and every way is our Christ, forever and ever most richly to enjoy. 

O my soul, by the power of the Holy Spirit! call him this morning, "thy Redeemer."

HAPPY FATHERS DAY , TO ALL FATHERS OF THE WORLD !!!

GOD THE FATHER DELIGHTS 

Psalm 147:10-11

New International Version (NIV)

  His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
   nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
 the LORD delights in those who fear him,
   who put their hope in his unfailing love.

ANOINTED !!!

Psalm 20:6
Now I know that the LORD saveth His anointed; He will hear him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.

"Help, Lord."

"Help, Lord."Psalm 12:1
The prayer itself is remarkable, for it is short, but seasonable, sententious, and suggestive. 
David mourned the fewness of faithful men, and therefore lifted up his heart in supplication--when the creature failed, he flew to the Creator. He evidently felt his own weakness, or he would not have cried for help; but at the same time he intended honestly to exert himself for the cause of truth, for the word "help" is inapplicable where we ourselves do nothing. 


There is much of directness, clearness of perception, and distinctness of utterance in this petition of two words; much more, indeed, than in the long rambling outpourings of certain professors. The Psalmist runs straight-forward to his God, with a well-considered prayer; he knows what he is seeking, and where to seek it. 


Lord, teach us to pray in the same blessed manner.
The occasions for the use of this prayer are frequent. In providential afflictions how suitable it is for tried believers who find all helpers failing them. Students, in doctrinal difficulties, may often obtain aid by lifting up this cry of "Help, Lord," to the Holy Spirit, the great Teacher. 


Spiritual warriors in inward conflicts may send to the throne for reinforcements, and this will be a model for their request. Workers in heavenly labour may thus obtain grace in time of need. Seeking sinners, in doubts and alarms, may offer up the same weighty supplication; in fact, in all these cases, times, and places, this will serve the turn of needy souls.
 "Help, Lord," 
will suit us living and dying, suffering or labouring, rejoicing or sorrowing. In him our help is found, let us not be slack to cry to him.
The answer to the prayer is certain, if it be sincerely offered through Jesus. The Lord's character assures us that he will not leave his people; his relationship as Father and Husband guarantee us his aid; his gift of Jesus is a pledge of every good thing; and his sure promise stands,
 "Fear not, I will help thee."

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

Let's pray for all our Christian Family around the World..

Ephesians 6:18

King James Version (KJV)

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

"And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish."

"And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish."

John 10:28

The Christian should never think or speak lightly of unbelief. For a child of God to mistrust his love, his truth, his faithfulness, must be greatly displeasing to him. How can we ever grieve him by doubting his upholding grace? Christian! it is contrary to every promise of God's precious Word that thou shouldst ever be forgotten or left to perish.

If it could be so, how could he be true who has said, "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I never forget thee." What were the value of that promise--"The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee." 

Where were the truth of Christ's words--"I give unto my sheep eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." Where were the doctrines of grace? They would be all disproved if one child of God should perish. Where were the veracity of God, his honour, his power, his grace, his covenant, his oath, if any of those for whom Christ has died, and who have put their trust in him, should nevertheless be cast away? Banish those unbelieving fears which so dishonour God.

Arise, shake thyself from the dust, and put on thy beautiful garments. Remember it is sinful to doubt his Word wherein he has promised thee that thou shalt never perish. Let the eternal life within thee express itself in confident rejoicing.

"The gospel bears my spirit up:

A faithful and unchanging God

Lays the foundation for my hope,

In oaths, and promises, and blood."

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

"And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me."

"And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me."Genesis 21:6

It was far above the power of nature, and even contrary to its laws, that the aged Sarah should be honoured with a son; and even so it is beyond all ordinary rules that I, a poor, helpless, undone sinner, should find grace to bear about in my soul the indwelling Spirit of the Lord Jesus. I, who once despaired, as well I might, for my nature was as dry, and withered, and barren, and accursed as a howling wilderness, even I have been made to bring forth fruit unto holiness. 

Well may my mouth be filled with joyous laughter, because of the singular, surprising grace which I have received of the Lord, for I have found Jesus, the promised seed, and he is mine forever. This day will I lift up psalms of triumph unto the Lord who has remembered my low estate, for "my heart rejoiceth in the Lord; mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies, because

 I rejoice in thy salvation."

I would have all those that hear of my great deliverance from hell, and my most blessed visitation from on high, laugh for joy with me. I would surprise my family with my abundant peace; I would delight my friends with my ever-increasing happiness; I would edify the Church with my grateful confessions; and even impress the world with the cheerfulness of my daily conversation.

 Bunyan tells us that Mercy laughed in her sleep, and no wonder when she dreamed of Jesus; my joy shall not stop short of hers while my Beloved is the theme of my daily thoughts. The Lord Jesus is a deep sea of joy: my soul shall dive therein, shall be swallowed up in the delights of his society. 

Sarah looked on her Isaac, and laughed with excess of rapture, and all her friends laughed with her; and thou, my soul, look on thy Jesus, and bid heaven and earth unite in thy joy unspeakable.

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Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

Jesus comes to life in us !!!

John 17:26 (NIV). 

''I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.''...... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

Jesus reveals God to us. 

One of the reasons he does this is so that we can know who God is and what is important to him.

 Clearly, one of the most important things on Jesus' heart in this prayer is that we share his love for us with each other. 

In this way, Jesus comes to life in us. 

fear the LORD !!!

Proverbs 3:7 (NIV). 

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil....... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

Let's keep this simple. First, we need to admit that with the complexities and perplexities of life that even the smartest of us is not all that brilliant.

 Second, the LORD our God is awesome in holiness, majesty, power, wisdom, and grace; he is far beyond us and all we can truly grasp of him is the smallest of glimpses of glory. 

Finally, let's stay away from anything that smacks of evil knowing that evil infects and confuses us, as well as separates us from God. 

"Delight thyself also in the Lord."

"Delight thyself also in the Lord."

Psalm 37:4

The teaching of these words must seem very surprising to those who are strangers to vital godliness, but to the sincere believer it is only the inculcation of a recognized truth. The life of the believer is here described as a delight in God, and we are thus certified of the great fact that true religion overflows with happiness and joy. Ungodly persons and mere professors never look upon religion as a joyful thing; to them it is service, duty, or necessity, but never pleasure or delight. If they attend to religion at all, it is either that they may gain thereby, or else because they dare not do otherwise. 

The thought of delight in religion is so strange to most men, that no two words in their language stand further apart than "holiness" and "delight." But believers who know Christ, understand that delight and faith are so blessedly united, that the gates of hell cannot prevail to separate them. They who love God with all their hearts, find that his ways are ways of pleasantness, and all his paths are peace. Such joys, such brimful delights, such overflowing blessednesses, do the saints discover in their Lord, that so far from serving him from custom, they would follow him though all the world cast out his name as evil. 

We fear not God because of any compulsion; our faith is no fetter, our profession is no bondage, we are not dragged to holiness, nor driven to duty. No, our piety is our pleasure, our hope is our happiness, our duty is our delight.

Delight and true religion are as allied as root and flower; as indivisible as truth and certainty; they are, in fact, two precious jewels glittering side by side in a setting of gold.

"'Tis when we taste thy love,

Our joys divinely grow,

Unspeakable like those above,

And heaven begins below."

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

"Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."

"Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."

Revelation 22:17

Jesus says, "take freely." 

He wants no payment or preparation. 

He seeks no recommendation from our virtuous emotions. If you have no good feelings, if you be but willing, you are invited; therefore come! You have no belief and no repentance,--come to him, and he will give them to you. Come just as you are, and take "Freely," without money and without price. 

He gives himself to needy ones. The drinking fountains at the corners of our streets are valuable institutions; and we can hardly imagine any one so foolish as to feel for his purse, when he stands before one of them, and to cry, "I cannot drink because I have not five pounds in my pocket." However poor the man is, there is the fountain, and just as he is he may drink of it.

 Thirsty passengers, as they go by, whether they are dressed in fustian or in broadcloth, do not look for any warrant for drinking; its being there is their warrant for taking its water freely. The liberality of some good friends has put the refreshing crystal there and we take it, and ask no questions. Perhaps the only persons who need go thirsty through the street where there is a drinking fountain, are the fine ladies and gentlemen who are in their carriages. 

They are very thirsty, but cannot think of being so vulgar as to get out to drink. It would demean them, they think, to drink at a common drinking fountain: so they ride by with parched lips. Oh, how many there are who are rich in their own good works and cannot therefore come to Christ! "I will not be saved," they say, "in the same way as the harlot or the swearer." What! go to heaven in the same way as a chimney sweep. 

Is there no pathway to glory but the path which led the thief there? 

I will not be saved that way. Such proud boasters must remain without the living water; 

but, "Whosoever will, let him 

TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY."

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

God did not give us a spirit of timidity.

2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV). 

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline....... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

When we became Christians,

 Jesus gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit 

(Acts 2:38; Titus 3:3-7). 

The Spirit lives in us, making our bodies a Temple 

(1 Cor. 6:19-20) 

and blessing us in many ways 

(Romans 8). 

We can be courageous people even in the face of attack, criticism, and ridicule because of the Spirit's presence. 

The fruit that the Spirit produces

 (Gal. 5:22-23) 

and the love that the Spirit pours into our heart (Rom. 5:5) do not make us weak. 

Instead, the Spirit's presence is a powerful force to help us overcome sin 

(Rom. 8:13) and live self-disciplined lives.

"Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting."

"Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting."Daniel 5:27

It is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God's Word. 

You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of David, and, as you meditate upon each verse, 

to ask yourself, "Can I say this? 

Have I felt as David felt? 

Has my heart ever been broken on account of sin, as his was when he penned his penitential psalms? 

Has my soul been full of true confidence in the hour of difficulty as his was when he sang of God's mercies in the cave of Adullam, or in the holds of Engedi? 

Do I take the cup of salvation and call 

upon the name of the Lord?" 

Then turn to the life of Christ, and as you read, ask yourselves how far you are conformed to his likeness. Endeavour to discover whether you have the meekness, the humility, the lovely spirit which he constantly inculcated and displayed. Take, then, the epistles, and see whether you can go with the apostle in what he said of his experience. 

Have you ever cried out as he did--

"O wretched man that I am! 

who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" 

Have you ever felt his self-abasement? 

Have you seemed to yourself the chief of sinners, and less than the least of all saints? Have you known anything of his devotion? 

Could you join with him and say, 

"For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain"? 

If we thus read God's Word as a test of our spiritual condition, we shall have good reason to stop many a time and say, "Lord, I feel I have never yet been here, O bring me here! give me true penitence, such as this I read of. Give me real faith; give me warmer zeal; inflame me with more fervent love; grant me the grace of meekness; make me more like Jesus. 

Let me no longer be found wanting,' when weighed in the balances of the sanctuary, lest I be found wanting in the scales of judgment." 

"Judge yourselves that ye be not judged."

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

A greater glory that is to come !!!

Romans 8:23 (NIV). 

Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies....... 

Thoughts on This Verse...

 The Holy Spirit, who lives in us, 

is our guarantee of a greater glory that is to come (cf. 2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5). 

The Spirit is the firstfruits of that glory that is to be revealed in us 

(cf. Rom. 8:18). 

Our current state is only a foretaste of what lies ahead for us; we yearn to be clothed and to reside in our heavenly dwelling and to be at home with God (2 Cor. 5:1-8). 

"We love him because he first loved us."

"We love him because he first loved us."1 John 4:19

There is no light in the planet but that which proceedeth from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which cometh from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing fountain of the infinite love of God, all our love to God must spring. 

This must ever be a great and certain truth, that we love him for no other reason than because he first loved us. Our love to him is the fair offspring of his love to us. Cold admiration, when studying the works of God, anyone may have, but the warmth of love can only be kindled in the heart by God's Spirit. 

How great the wonder that such as we should ever have been brought to love Jesus at all! How marvellous that when we had rebelled against him, he should, by a display of such amazing love, seek to draw us back. No! never should we have had a grain of love towards God unless it had been sown in us by the sweet seed of his love to us. Love, then, has for its parent the love of God shed abroad in the heart: but after it is thus divinely born, it must be divinely nourished. 

Love is an exotic; it is not a plant which will flourish naturally in human soil, it must be watered from above. Love to Jesus is a flower of a delicate nature, and if it received no nourishment but that which could be drawn from the rock of our hearts it would soon wither. As love comes from heaven, so it must feed on heavenly bread. It cannot exist in the wilderness unless it be fed by manna from on high. Love must feed on love. 

The very soul and life of our love to God is his love to us.

"I love thee, Lord, but with no love of mine,

For I have none to give;

I love thee, Lord; but all the love is thine,

For by thy love I live.

I am as nothing, and rejoice to be

Emptied, and lost, and swallowed up in thee."

Today's reading taken from Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening."

If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,

1 John 4:15 (NIV). 

If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God....... 

Thoughts on This Verse... 

''Jesus is the Son of God.'' 

Six simple words. 

However, they are much more than simple words; they are the doorway that opens our hearts to God.

 So each day as we confess Jesus as God's Son, 

we also consciously and intentionally welcome

God into our hearts. 

The Father lives in the person who confesses the Son! 

Romans 10:9