C.H. Spurgeon
Checkbook of the Bank of Faith
A daily promise from Scripture, with Spurgeon's counsel on how to receive it — endorsed by faith and presented to God in prayer.
December 8
John 12:26
"If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor."
THE highest service is imitation. if I would be Christ's servant I must be his follower. To do as Jesus did is the surest way of bringing honor to his name. Let me mind this every day.
If I imitate Jesus I shall have his company: if I am like him I shall be with him. In due time he will take me up to dwell with him above, if, meanwhile, I have striven to follow him here below. After his suffering our Lord came to his throne, and even so, after we have suffered a while with him here below, we also shall arrive in glory. The issue of our Lord's life shall be the issue of ours: if we are with him in his humiliation we shall be with him in his glory. Come, my soul, pluck up courage, and put down your feet in the blood-marked footprints which your Lord has left you.
Let me not fail to note that the Father will honor those who follow his Son. If he sees me true to Jesus he will put marks of favor and honor upon me for his Son's sake. No honor can be like this. Princes and emperors bestow the mere shadows of honor; the substance of glory comes from the Father. Wherefore, my soul, cling you to your Lord Jesus more closely than ever.
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Checkbook of the Bank of Faith
C.H. Spurgeon
A year of daily promise-based devotions drawn from Spurgeon's own Bible — each entry brief, pointed, and grounded in a specific word from God. A quiet daily companion for those learning to walk by faith.
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