"He appeared first to Mary Magdalene."

"He appeared first to Mary Magdalene."

Mark 16:9

Jesus "appeared first to Mary Magdalene," 

probably not only on account of her great love and persevering seeking, but because, as the context intimates,she had been a special trophy of Christ's delivering power. 

Learn from this, that the greatness of our sin before conversion should not make us imagine that we may not be specially favoured with the very highest grade of fellowship. 

She was one who had left all to become a constant attendant on the Saviour. 

He was her first, her chief object. 

Many who were on Christ's side did not take up Christ's cross; she did. She spent her substance in relieving his wants. 

If we would see much of Christ, let us serve him. 

Tell me who they are that sit oftenest under the banner of his love, and drink deepest draughts from the cup of communion, and I am sure they will be those who give most, who serve best, and who abide closest to the bleeding heart of their dear Lord. 

But notice how Christ revealed himself to 

this sorrowing one--by a word, 

"Mary." 

It needed but one word in his voice, and at once she knew him, and her heart owned allegiance by another word, her heart was too full to say more.

That one word would naturally be the most fitting for the occasion. 

It implies obedience. 

She said, 

"Master." 

There is no state of mind in which this confession of allegiance will be too cold. No, when your spirit glows most with the heavenly fire, then you will say,

 "I am thy servant, thou hast loosed my bonds." 

If you can say, 

"Master,"

 if you feel that his will is your will, then you stand in a happy, holy place. 

He must have said, "Mary," or else 

you could not have said, "Rabboni." 

See, then, from all this, how Christ honours those who honour him, how love draws our Beloved, how it needs but one word of his to turn our weeping to rejoicing, how his presence makes the heart's sunshine.

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

"As it began to dawn, came Magdalene, to see the sepulchre."

"As it began to dawn, came Magdalene, to see the sepulchre."

Matthew 28:1

Let us learn from Mary Magdalene

 how to obtain fellowship with the Lord Jesus. 

Notice how she sought. 

She sought the Saviour very early in the morning. 

If thou canst wait for Christ, and be patient in the hope of having fellowship with him at some distant season, thou wilt never have fellowship at all; for the heart that is fitted for communion is a hungering and a thirsting heart. 

She sought him also with very great boldness. 

Other disciples fled from the sepulchre, for they trembled and were amazed; but Mary, it is said, "stood" at the sepulchre. If you would have Christ with you, seek him boldly. 

Let nothing hold you back. 

Defy the world. 

Press on where others flee. 

She sought Christ faithfully--she stood at the sepulchre. Some find it hard to stand by a living Saviour, but she stood by a dead one. 

Let us seek Christ after this mode, cleaving to the very least thing that has to do with him, remaining faithful though all others should forsake him. Note further, she sought Jesus earnestly--she stood "weeping". 

Those tear-droppings were as spells that led the Saviour captive, and made him come forth and show himself to her. If you desire Jesus' presence, weep after it! 

If you cannot be happy unless he come and say to you, "Thou art my beloved," 

you will soon hear his voice. 

Lastly, she sought the Saviour only. 

What cared she for angels, she turned herself back from them; her search was only for her Lord. 

If Christ be your one and only love, if your heart has cast out all rivals, you will not long lack the comfort of his presence. 

Mary Magdalene sought thus because she loved much. Let us arouse ourselves to the same intensity of affection; let our heart, like Mary's, be full of Christ, and our love, like hers, will be satisfied with nothing short of himself. O Lord, reveal thyself to us this evening!

HE IS KNOCKING AT YOUR HEART
LISTEN TO HIS VOICE !!!

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

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May the Lord bless YOu with all of HIS fulness !!

Enjoy the music and praise Him !!!

"When I cry unto thee !!!

"When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me."

Psalm 56:9

It is impossible for any human speech

 to express the full meaning of this delightful phrase, "God is for me." 

He was "for us" 

before the worlds were made; 

he was "for us," or he would not have given his well-beloved son; 

he was "for us" when he smote the Only-begotten, and laid the full weight of his wrath upon him--

he was "for us," though he was against him; 

he was "for us," when we were ruined in the fall--he loved us notwithstanding all; he was "for us," when we were rebels against him, and with a high hand were bidding him defiance; 

he was "for us," or he would not have brought us humbly to seek his face. 

He has been "for us" in many struggles; we have been summoned to encounter hosts of dangers; we have been assailed by temptations from without and within--how could we have remained unharmed to this hour if he had not been "for us"? 

He is "for us," with all the infinity of his being; with all the omnipotence of his love; with all the infallibility of his wisdom; arrayed in all his divine attributes, he is "for us,"--eternally and immutably "for us"; "for us" when yon blue skies shall be rolled up like a worn out vesture; "for us" throughout eternity. 

And because he is "for us," the voice of prayer will always ensure his help. "When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies be turned back." This is no uncertain hope, but a well grounded assurance--"this I know." 

I will direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up for the answer, assured that it will come, and that mine enemies shall be defeated, "for God is for me."

 O believer, how happy art thou with the King of kings on thy side! How safe with such a Protector! 

How sure thy cause pleaded by such an Advocate! 

If God be for thee, who can be against thee?

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

We are to glorify God !!

Romans 6:13 (NIV). 

Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.......

 Thoughts on This Verse... 

This long verse boils down to a very simple message: 

We are to glorify God by what we do with our bodies. 

We were dead in our sin, but God has made us alive through our participation with Jesus in his saving death, burial, and resurrection. 

How can we go back to the hideous sins that master us and lead us to death? 

We shouldn't! We mustn't! 

And with God's gracious help, we won't. 

Our commitment to live for his glory and with the power of the Holy Spirit will help us live for him!

"His heavenly kingdom."

"His heavenly kingdom."

2 Timothy 4:18

Yonder city of the great King is a place of active service. Ransomed spirits serve him day and night in his temple. They never cease to fulfil the good pleasure of their King. They always "rest," so far as ease and freedom from care is concerned; and never "rest," in the sense of indolence or inactivity. Jerusalem the golden is the place of communion with all the people of God. We shall sit with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in eternal fellowship. 

We shall hold high converse with the noble host of the elect, all reigning with him who by his love and his potent arm has brought them safely home. We shall not sing solos, but in chorus shall we praise our King. Heaven is a place of victory realized. 

Whenever, Christian, thou hast achieved a victory over thy lusts--whenever after hard struggling, thou hast laid a temptation dead at thy feet--thou hast in that hour a foretaste of the joy that awaits thee when the Lord shall shortly tread Satan under thy feet, and thou shalt find thyself more than conqueror through him who hath loved thee. 

Paradise is a place of security. 

When you enjoy the full assurance of faith, you have the pledge of that glorious security which shall be yours when you are a perfect citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem. O my sweet home, Jerusalem, thou happy harbour of my soul! Thanks, even now, to him whose love hath taught me to long for thee; but louder thanks 

in eternity, when I shall possess thee.

"My soul has tasted of the grapes,

And now it longs to go

Where my dear Lord his vineyard keeps

And all the clusters grow.

"Upon the true and living vine,

My famish'd soul would feast,

And banquet on the fruit divine,

An everlasting guest."

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

A COMMAND WITH PROMISE !!!

VERSE:
  Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise
your mother when she is old.
   -- Proverbs 23:22
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THOUGHT:
  "Honor your father and mother." This is basic to God's plan for
our lives. When families are built within God's covenant of grace,
respect and obedience by children toward their parents is a
blessing to the children! As adults, we preserve the dignity of our
parents and teach our children important life-lessons when we honor
and respect them appropriately. Let's not get swept up in our era
of parent-bashing. Let's bless our parents in ways that honor God.
(If your parents were ungodly or abusive, find older folks in your
church family for your emotional and spiritual support, while in as
many ways as is possible treat your physical parents with honesty,
respect, and integrity.)
PRAYER:
  Loving Father and eternal God, thank you for my parents --
physical and/or spiritual. Bless them with what they most need to
find their way home to you. Give me wisdom to know how best to show
my love and respect to them. Most of all, Father, please help them
to see that my love and character come from you. In Jesus' name
I pray. Amen.

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"Tell ye your children of it !!

"Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."

Joel 1:3

In this simple way, by God's grace, 

a living testimony for truth is always to be kept alive in the land--the beloved of the Lord are to hand down their witness for the gospel, and the covenant to their heirs, and these again to their next descendants. 

This is our first duty, we are to begin at the family hearth: he is a bad preacher who does not commence his ministry at home. The heathen are to be sought by all means, and the highways and hedges are to be searched, but home has a prior claim, and woe unto those who reverse the order of the Lord's arrangements. 

To teach our children is a personal duty; we cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids; these can assist us, but cannot deliver us from the sacred obligation; proxies and sponsors are wicked devices in this case: mothers and fathers must, like Abraham, command their households in the fear of God, and talk with their offspring concerning the wondrous works of the Most High.

Parental teaching is a natural duty--who so fit to look to the child's well-being as those who are the authors of his actual being? To neglect the instruction of our offspring is worse than brutish. 

Family religion is necessary for the nation, for the family itself, and for the church of God. By a thousand plots Popery is covertly advancing in our land, and one of the most effectual means for resisting its inroads is left almost neglected, namely, the instruction of children in the faith.

 Would that parents would awaken to a sense of the importance of this matter. 

It is a pleasant duty to talk of Jesus to 

our sons and daughters, and the more so because it has often proved to be an accepted work, for God has saved the children through the parents' prayers and admonitions. 

May every house into which this volume shall come honour the Lord and receive his smile.

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

FAITH !!!...........video

Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

~ Jeremiah 33:3, NLT 

"And the evening and the morning were the first day."

"And the evening and the morning were the first day."

Genesis 1:5

The evening was "darkness" and the morning was "light," and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone! 

This is somewhat remarkable, but it has an exact analogy in spiritual experience. 

In every believer there is darkness and light, and yet he is not to be named a sinner because there is sin in him, but he is to be named a saint because he possesses some degree of holiness. 

This will be a most comforting thought to those who are mourning their infirmities, and who ask, "Can I be a child of God while there is so much darkness in me?" Yes; for you, like the day, take not your name from the evening, but from the morning; and you are spoken of in the word of God as if you were even now perfectly holy as you will be soon. You are called the child of light, though there is darkness in you still. 

You are named after what is the predominating quality in the sight of God, which will one day be the only principle remaining. Observe that the evening comes first. Naturally we are darkness first in order of time, and the gloom is often first in our mournful apprehension, driving us to cry out in deep humiliation, 

"God be merciful to me, a sinner." 

The place of the morning is second, it dawns when grace overcomes nature. It is a blessed aphorism of John Bunyan, "That which is last, lasts forever." That which is first, yields in due season to the last; but nothing comes after the last. 

So that though you are naturally darkness, when once you become light in the Lord, there is no evening to follow; "thy sun shall no more go down." 

The first day in this life is an evening and a morning; but the second day, when we shall be with God, forever, shall be a day with no evening, but one, sacred, high, eternal noon.

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

"And God divided the light from the darkness."

"And God divided the light from the darkness."Genesis 1:4

A believer has two principles at work within him. 

In his natural estate he was subject to one principle only, which was darkness; now light has entered, and the two principles disagree. 

Mark the apostle Paul's words in the seventh chapter of Romans: "I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members." 

How is this state of things occasioned? 

"The Lord divided the light from the darkness." 

Darkness, by itself, is quiet and undisturbed, but when the Lord sends in light, there is a conflict, for the one is in opposition to the other: a conflict which will never cease till the believer is altogether light in the Lord.

 If there be a division within the individual Christian, there is certain to be a division without. So soon as the Lord gives to any man light, he proceeds to separate himself from the darkness around; he secedes from a merely worldly religion of outward ceremonial, for nothing short of the gospel of Christ will now satisfy him, and he withdraws himself from worldly society and frivolous amusements, and seeks the company of the saints, for "We know we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren." The light gathers to itself, and the darkness to itself. 

What God has divided, let us never try to unite, but as Christ went without the camp, bearing his reproach, so let us come out from the ungodly, and be a peculiar people. 

He was holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners; and, as he was, so we are to be nonconformists to the world, dissenting from all sin, and distinguished from the rest of mankind by our likeness to our Master.

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

"Lead me in thy truth !!!

"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."

Psalm 25:5

When the believer has begun with trembling feet to walk in the way of the Lord, he asks to be still led onward like a little child upheld by its parent's helping hand, and he craves to be further instructed in the alphabet of truth. 

Experimental teaching is the burden of this prayer. David knew much, but he felt his ignorance, and desired to be still in the Lord's school: four times over in two verses he applies for a scholarship in the college of grace. 

It were well for many professors if instead of following their own devices, and cutting out new paths of thought for themselves, they would enquire for the good old ways of God's own truth, and beseech the Holy Ghost to give them sanctified understandings and teachable spirits. 

"For thou art the God of my salvation." The Three-One Jehovah is the Author and Perfecter of salvation to his people. Reader, is he the God of your salvation? Do you find in the Father's election, in the Son's atonement, and in the Spirit's quickening, all the grounds of your eternal hopes? If so, you may use this as an argument for obtaining further blessings; if the Lord has ordained to save you, surely he will not refuse to instruct you in his ways. 

It is a happy thing when we can address the Lord with the confidence which David here manifests, it gives us great power in prayer, and comfort in trial. "On thee do I wait all the day." 

Patience is the fair handmaid and daughter of faith; we cheerfully wait when we are certain that we shall not wait in vain. It is our duty and our privilege to wait upon the Lord in service, in worship, in expectancy, in trust all the days of our life. 

Our faith will be tried faith, and if it be of the true kind, it will bear continued trial without yielding. 

We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously he once waited for us.

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