Charles Spurgeon Quotes

• The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Light, Church

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• We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

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  Humble, Thinking, Proud

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• A child's cry touches a father's heart.

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  Children, Dad, Father

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2016). “Treasury of David”, p.2484, Bible Study Steps

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• 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.

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  Done, Christ, Feels

  C. H. Spurgeon (2006). “Morning by Morning”, p.269, Hendrickson Publishers

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• You may fear that the Lord has passed you by, but it is not so: he who counts the stars, and calls them by their names, is in no danger of forgetting his own children. He knows your case as thoroughly as if you were the only creature he ever made, or the only saint he ever loved. Approach him and be at peace.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Stars, Children, Names

  Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.225, Discovery House

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• Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Mind, Delight

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• A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

  Charles Spurgeon

  Sheep, Church, Shepherds

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• 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

  Christian, Christian Inspirational, Lions

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• 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.

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  Heart, Matter, Praying

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• God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart. When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wise, Prayer, Heart

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• A man who fears not God, will break all his laws with an easy conscience, but one who is the favorite of heaven, who has been indulged to sit at royal banquets, who knows the eternal love of God to him, cannot bear that there should be any evil way in him that might grieve the Spirit and bring dishonor to the name of Christ. A very little sin, as the world calls it, is a very great sin to a truly awakened Christian.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Grieving, Men

  "The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 17: Sermons 968 to 1027".

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• Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us. If we don't know where we are going, we know with whom we go.

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  Jesus, May, Knows

  Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.1055, Discovery House

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• Doth not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Doth not the thunder praise Him as it rolls like drums in the march of the God of armies? Do not the mountains praise Him when the woods upon their summits wave in adoration? Doth not the lightning write His name in letters of fire? Hath not the whole earth a voice? And shall I, can I, silent be?

  Charles Spurgeon

  Writing, Army, Fire

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2015). “Gleanings Among The Sheaves”, p.68, SHELDON AND COMPANY

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• Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Gods Will

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 29: Sermons 1698-1756”, p.433, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• To pray is to mount on eagle's wings above the clouds and get into the clear heaven where God dwelleth.

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  Clouds, Eagles, Wings

  Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 12: Sermons 668 to 727”, p.486, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• One of the greatest rewards that we ever receive for serving God is the permission to do still more for Him.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Rewards, Permission, Serving God

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• I 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.

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  Believe, Church, World

  Charles Spurgeon (1989). “The Soul Winner”, p.278, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• If Christ is not all to you He is nothing to you. He will never go into partnership as a part Saviour of men. If He be something He must be everything, and if He be not everything He is nothing to you.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Christ, Partnership

  Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 17: Sermons 968 to 1027”, p.585, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.

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  Faith, Trials, Sovereignty

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• To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark-that is faith.

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  Dark, Light, Trust In God

  Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 13: Sermons 728 to 787”, p.91, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Book, Good Book

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• The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example?

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  Morning, Bird, Example

  Charles Spurgeon (1999). “The Joy in Praising God”, p.20, Whitaker House

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• Child of God, you cost Christ too much for him to forget you.

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  Children, Cost, Too Much

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 61: Sermons 3440-3492”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Do not despair, dear heart, but come to the Lord with all your jagged wounds, black bruises, and running sores. He alone can heal, and He delights to do it. It is our Lord's office to bind up the brokenhearted, and He is gloriously at home at it.

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  Running, Home, Heart

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• Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Mean, Men, Pieces

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 38”, p.707, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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