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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He maketh the storm a calm,- What a change! And what a blessing it is to get into one of God’s calms, for they are far beyond the ordinary calm of nature; then do we enjoy “ the peace of God, which passeth all understanding.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So that the wave thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. At the first, God made everything out of nothing, so he can easily make a calm out of a storm; and he can make the storm a calm for you whenever he pleases to do so. Your troubled feelings, your tossings to and fro, may soon subside into “the peace of God, which passeth all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. And there is no music that is sweeter to the mariner’s ears than the rattle of the chain as the anchor grips the bottom of the harbor, and the ship rests from all her tossings. The Lord will give you grace, my brother, my sister, to let down your anchor;—or,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Should they not do so? Those who have survived the storms at sea, or the still greater storms within their own souls, should surely take care to praise the Lord. If we know how to pray, we ought also to know how to praise. Prayer and praise...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. Let them not only praise the Lord in private, but let them also sound out their song of gratitude to God where the graybeards are gathered together, and let the men of experience, the officers of the church, the leaders of the Lord’s people,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Hearken unto this, ye who are men of understanding. God can soon take away from any people the privileges which they cease to prize. He sent barrenness upon the earth in the days of our first...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. He can make the sandy desert into a lake of water, he can make that which was barren as the desert of Sahara to become as fruitful as the garden of the Lord. And if you are just now mourning your barrenness, believe in the omnipotence of his grace which can work...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; and sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. See, brothers and sisters, when God blesses us, then we begin to work for him. When he works, we work. He blesses the barren land with fruitfulness, and then we sow the fields, and plant...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. God has a great many rods, and we get a great many smarts because of our many sins. If we were but saved from our sins, we should not need all these rods,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. God makes very little of earth’s biggest men: “He poureth contempt upon princes.” He has wonderful ways of making very poor those who are very rich in themselves. He makes those who were lords of all the fields to be exiles and wanderers in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. God always has an eye of pity for the poor, and especially for the spiritually poor. While “he poureth contempt upon princes” with one hand, he is lifting the poor from the dunghill with the other.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: When God’s providence and grace are at work with men, the righteous shall see it, and understand it, and be glad. Psa_107:42. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth. She is generally very noisy and boastful; but, sometimes, when God’s judgments are abroad, she is obliged to hold her tongue. “All iniquity...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whose is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. Those who watch providence will never be without a providence to watch?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my law-giver; Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? In the spirit of a truly courageous leader, he means to fight with that ancient foe of Israel; and wisely appeals to God to lead his army: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. This exposition consisted of readings from Psa_57:7-11; Psalms 108,
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. You do not need a comment upon this Psalm when you remember how our Lord himself applied it to himself. It is David speaking concerning the Son of David,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Here we see the Christ,-whom we just now saw as risen from the dead, and acknowledged as the Son of God,-seated upon the throne: “Jehovah said unto my Adonai, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”