Providence

Psalm 146

Psalm 146

… All food comes from God; but when we are reduced to hunger, and providence supplies our necessity, we are peculiarly struck with the fact. Let every hungry man …

The Believer Not An Orphan

… a stop-gap, and but half makes up for the original ordinance of Providence, that the parent’s love should fashion the child’s mind. But, dear friends …

Week-day Services, 1858-1860

… They all sing sweetly there, for they are all perfect ; and they sing all the more loudly, because they all owe that perfection to free and sovereign grace …

The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies with Him

Revelation 19:11-16

… creation, for this Word made Heaven and earth! There is the crown of Providence, for this Man now rules the nations with a rod of iron! There is …

A Plain Answer to an Important Enquiry

John 6:29

… man that has it! If you are a Believer, all the wheels of Providence revolve for you! If you are a Believer, every angel spreads his wings for …

Psalm 32

Psalm 32

… The Lord is the great overseer, whose eye in providence overlooks everything. It is well for us to be the sheep of his pasture, following the guidance of …

The Gospel of Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac

Romans 8:32

… In Him was more of God revealed than in all the works of creation and of Providence. Yet this august Person, this heir of all things, the Wonderful …

“Thus Saith The Lord:” Or, The Book of Common Prayer Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:15

… our conscientiousness does not screen us from sin; for conscience is not the sovereign arbiter of right and wrong, but the plain word of God is the rule …

Seeking the Souls of Men

… We welcome brethren from other churches if, in the providence of God, they are drifted into our midst ; but we would never hang out the wrecker's beacon …

Two Good Things

Psalm 119:71

… I bless the Lord for the correctives of His Providence by which, if He has blessed me on the one hand with sweets, He has blessed me on …

Psalm 109

Psalm 109

… Justice herself would award no such doom except upon the supposition that the sin descended with the blood; but supreme providence which in the end is pure justice …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890

… with you all, I must put up with you, for neither Nature nor Providence will afford a den for me. " Yours ever most truly and affectionately, Nothing ever …

The Way of Salvation

Acts 4:12

… by him all things consist—Maker, Creator, Preserver, God of providence, and God of grace—he who died for thee is God over all, blessed for ever. And …

The Minister’s Fainting Fits

… I dreaded the work which a gracious providence had prepared for me. I felt myself a mere child, and trembled as I heard the voice which said, “Arise …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… We thank God that the history of our deliverances supplies us with fair omens of an ever-gracious Providence. Let us comfort ourselves with the belief that there …

Psalm 141

Psalm 141

… It is equivalent to the petition, "Lead us not into temptation." O that nothing may arise in providence which would excite our desires in a wrong direction. The …

Unknown Depths and Heights

Luke 23:34

… let it be clearly seen that your good works are the result of Sovereign Grace for which all the glory must be given to "your Father which is …

First Printed Works.–Author, Publishers, and Readers

… Heaven." It was a sermon, read far away in the backwoods, that, through sovereign grace, was the means of the salvation of this great sinner. One Saturday morning …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Continued)

… and character, as well as my lofty estimate of the position which, in providence, you have been called to fill. The influence you wield, both by pulpit and …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… ever daring to doubt my God again after such singular interpositions both of Providence and Divine Grace as you and I have seen in this Church and in …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… trusted in God, and declared that his faith should not fail him, though providence should run to a lower ebb than he had ever seen. There is “the …

Psalm 35

Psalm 35

… The greater and lesser protections of providence may be here intended by the two defensive weapons, find by the Lord's standing up is meant his active and …

The Death of Christ

Isaiah 53:10

… inferior hand hath sketched even so much as the least minute parts of providence. It was all, from its Alpha to its Omega, from its divine preface to …

Comfort Proclaimed

Isaiah 40:1

… has begged his way from town to town, and then, by God’s providence, has worked himself up; for I could believe that such an one would have …

Cambridge Life and Letters, 1850-1851

… coming to me at this particular juncture, is a striking interposition of the Providence of God on my behalf. Through a violent cold, I have for the last …

Our Lord's Solemn Enquiry

Matthew 27:46

… is to hold to God when he gives the hard words, when his providence frowns upon thee, and when even his Spirit seems to be withdrawn from thee …

The Sweet Uses of Adversity

Job 10:2

… wouldst soon fall if it were not for his troubling thee by his providence. There was a fair ship which belonged to the great Master of the seas …

A Bottle in the Smoke

Psalm 119:83

… So do we, often, when we are under a trying ministry, or a trying providence, feel that we are so very useless, good for nothing, like a bottle …

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… I have come here in the Providence of God, but I do not belong here. This staff indicates that I am only a sojourner and need to be …

'Magnificat'

Judges 5:12

… When thou seest no cheering providence without, yet look at grace within. "Awake, awake, Deborah! awake, awake, utter a song." II. I now turn to the second part …

John Ploughman's Talk

… The best remedy for affliction is sub- mitting to providence. What can't be cured must be endured. If we cannot get bacon, let us bless God that …

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… These two mixed together will prove a sovereign composition, wrought first by Christ himself when he sweat water and blood. The first is as that pool of Bethesda …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… been repeating official dogmas in which you have no personal confidence? Is the Providence of God a myth, or a living, bright reality? "Here," said a quack in …

The Enchanted Ground

… when you were more straightened in circumstances, when you had to rely upon providence each hour and had troubles to take to the throne of grace, were you …

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… that they were going to preach; because there always will arise changes in Providence, and different states of mind both in the preacher and the hearer, and he …

The Tabernacle of the Most High

Ephesians 2:22

… Why doth God clothe the hills with plenty? For the feeding of his people? Why is providence revolving? Why those wars and tempests, and then again this stillness …

The Great Need—Or, The Great Salvation

Isaiah 48:18

… he be alarmed? Let sickness of body, or sorrow of mind, or any Providence, however calamitous come upon him—he bears it all with an equanimity which faith …

The Priceless Prize

Philippians 3:8

… Get Christ and you have Heaven on earth, and shall have Heaven forever! Get Christ, and angels shall be your servitors! The wheels of Providence shall grind for …

A Song, A solace, A Sermon and a Summons

Psalm 136:1

… of clothes upon His back, and sits at the table of God's Providence. The breath that is in his nostrils is the gift of Divine charity and …

Strangers and Sojourners

Psalm 39:12

… Here are signs on every hand of the working of God's gracious Providence—mysterious but wondrously wise—yet worldlings cannot see any traces of the finger or …