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In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.

Charles Spurgeon

We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Blessing Ourselves Writing
My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Faith Feeling Himself Myself
When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.
CHARLES SPURGEON

God Struggle Yourself
Christians are not so much in danger when they are persecuted as when they are admired.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Danger God Religious
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Enjoyment Happiness
It’s a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Born God Goodness Himself Myself
You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Heart Himself Yourself
It 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 SPURGEON

Heart Prayer Time Yourself
Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Atheist Devil Strange Vice
The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.
CHARLES SPURGEON

God Man Opinion World
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Deal Fools Greatness Knowledge Man Right Wisdom
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Glory God Yourself
Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Care Mindset Yourself
The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Book Reading Yourself
Unbelief will destroy the best of us; faith will save the worst of us.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Belief Destroy Faith Worst
To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark-that is faith.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Darkness Faith God Light Trust
No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Kindness Man Prayer True World
The 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 SPURGEON

Freedom God Religious Word Yourself
A 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

Himself Life Need Person Surrender
Praying without fervency is like hunting with a dead dog.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Death Dog Prayer
Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. Great faith must have great trials.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Faith Greatness Heart Struggle Trouble
Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Forever Life Light Live Reason Time
I do believe we slander Christ when we think we are to draw the people by something else but the preaching of Christ crucified.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Believe People Spiritual Thinking
Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Hell Moral Religious Yourself
I 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 SPURGEON

Blessing Goodness Hands Myself Old Woman
Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.
CHARLES SPURGEON

God See Yourself
Hold everything earthly with a loose hand, but grasp eternal things with a death-like grip
CHARLES SPURGEON

Death Forever Hands Lose

In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.

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