Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.
CHARLES SPURGEONWhenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.
CHARLES SPURGEONIt is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.
CHARLES SPURGEONUnless you have forgiven others you read your own death warrant when you repeat the Lord’s Prayer.
CHARLES SPURGEONDefend the Bible? I’d sooner defend a lion. You don’t defend the Bible; you open its cage and let it roar.
CHARLES SPURGEONWhen you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.
CHARLES SPURGEONI have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?
CHARLES SPURGEONFaith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.
CHARLES SPURGEONThe world’s one and only remedy is the cross.
CHARLES SPURGEONBy perseverance the snail reached the ark.
CHARLES SPURGEONThe Word of God is like a lion. You don’t have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.
CHARLES SPURGEONWe cannot always trace God’s hand but we can always trust God’s heart.
CHARLES SPURGEONGod has so made man’s heart that nothing can ever fill it but God himself.
CHARLES SPURGEONWe are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.
CHARLES SPURGEONI believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.
CHARLES SPURGEONA man says to me, ‘Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?’ No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.
CHARLES SPURGEONA person who is really saved by Grace does not need to be told that he is under solemn obligations to serve Christ. The new life within him tells him that. Instead of regarding it as a burden, he gladly surrenders himself, body, soul, and spirit, to the Lord.
CHARLES SPURGEON