Quotes from Charles Spurgeon

May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.

Lord sanctify us. Oh! That Thy spirit might come and saturate every faculty, subdue every passion, and use every power of our nature for obedience to God.

I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us.

God works, and therefore we work; God is with- us, and therefore we are with God, and stand on His side.

The cry of a young raven is nothing but the natural cry of a creature, but your cry, if it be sincere, is the result of a work of grace in your heart.

When it is the Lord's work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.

Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God.

If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ.

Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them!

If any man will preach as he should preach, his work will take more out of him than any other labor under heaven.

Come boldly, 'O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved.

As for our great King, when we venture into His presence, let us have a purpose there. Let us beware of playing at praying; it is insolence toward God.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

Secularism teaches us that we ought to look to this world. Christianity teaches us that the best way to prepare for this world is to be fully prepared for the next.

Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.

It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.

Earnestness is good; it means business. But fanaticism overdoes, and is consequently reactionary.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that make's happiness

Out of every difficulty Omnipotence can bring us, only let us in childlike confidence cast our burden upon the Lord.

Obedience is the highest practical courage.

If you will not have death unto sin, you shall have sin unto death. There is no alternative. If you do not die to sin, you shall die for sin. If you do not slay sin, sin will slay you.

Death is the waiting-room where we robe ourselves for immortality.