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Throughout Scripture, God promises the impossible to those who believe.
For many Christians, the promises of God have lost their power. Deemed as irrelevant or simply misunderstood, God's promises-of triumph, abundance, redemption, and countless blessings-are often ignored, forgotten, and seemingly unfulfilled.
However, for Charles H. Spurgeon, God's promises were timeless. In fact, they seemed to grow in power and hope over the course of his life. In Faith's Checkbook, Spurgeon shares his personal experience testing and proving Scripture's promises and his ongoing discovery of a relentlessly good, kind and faithful God. He urges believers to treat God's promises as they would a check-to receive them, endorse them and actively "cash them in."
Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), renowned 19th century Baptist preacher, is best known for his 1866 publication Morning and Evening. Over 20 years later, Spurgeon wrote Faith's Checkbook, a yearlong devotional that inspires believers to see and experience God's goodness. Written near the end of his life, in the depths of a season marked by incredible loneliness, spiritual controversies and health complications, Faith's Checkbook is full of honest, heartfelt and mature hope.
Spurgeon's breathtaking sincerity and provoking thoughts will encourage believers to:
Study and engage God's promises throughout Scripture
Expect these promises to be fulfilled in their daily life
Participate by receiving God's promises and praying for their fulfillment
Glimpse God's boundless goodness and faithfulness
Discover a renewed, child-like trust in Him
In Faith's Checkbook, the reader will encounter God's outstretched hand-through promises of provision, wisdom, fruitfulness, presence and much more-and be invited to respond with hopeful anticipation.
About the author
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 - 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies
in the Church of his day. Spurgeon was pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years. He was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain and later he left the denomination over doctrinal convictions. In 1867, he started a charity organization which is now called Spurgeon's and works globally. He also founded Spurgeon's College, which was named after him posthumously. Spurgeon authored many types of works including sermons, an autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns, and more. Many sermons were transcribed as he spoke and were translated into many languages during his lifetime. He is said to have produced powerful sermons of penetrating thought and precise exposition. His oratory skills are said to have held his listeners spellbound in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and many Christians hold his writings in exceptionally high regard among devotional literature.
