Charles Spurgeon Quotes

• 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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• 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.

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  Stars, Children, Names

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

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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.

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  Christian, Christian Inspirational, Lions

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

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  Sheep, Church, Shepherds

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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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• 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.”

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  Christian, Light, Church

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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.

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  Wise, Prayer, Heart

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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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• Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is telling the difference between right and almost right.

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  Christian, Differences, Matter

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• When God places a burden upon you, He places His arms underneath you.

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  Arms, Burden

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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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• It's a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards.

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  Good Things, Born

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• Some go to church to take a walk; some go there to laugh and talk. Some go there to meet a friend; some go there their time to spend. Some go there to meet a lover; some go there a fault to cover. Some go there for speculation; some go there for observation. Some go there to doze and nod; the wise go there to worship God.

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  Wise, Laughing, Church

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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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• You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

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  Emptiness, Christ, Fullness

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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.

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  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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• The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.

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  Men, Anvils, Opinion

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• There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

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  Divorce, Sin, Christ

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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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• My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, HE is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon 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 now doing for me. Hallelujah!

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  Trust, God, Faith

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

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• If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

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  Men, Thinking, Ill

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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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• God is our portion, Christ our companion, the Spirit our Comforter, Earth our lodge, and Heaven is our home.

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  Home, Heaven, Earth

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• You and I cannot be useful if we want to be sweet as honey in the mouths of men. God will never bless us if we wish to please men, that they may think well of us. Are you willing to tell them what will break your own heart in the telling and break theirs in the hearing? If not, you are not fit to serve the Lord. You must be willing to go and speak for God, though you will be rejected.

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  Sweet, Heart, Men

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