Charles Spurgeon Quotes

• Remember that thought is speech before God.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Speech, Remember, Omniscience

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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.”

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Light, Church

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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.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Done, Christ, Feels

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

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

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Differences, Matter

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• Hold everything earthly with a loose hand, but grasp eternal things with a death-like grip

  Charles Spurgeon

  Hands, Eternal

  Charles Spurgeon (2011). “Strengthen My Spirit”, p.37, Barbour Publishing

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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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• The greater our present trials, the louder will our future songs be, and the more intense our joyful gratitude.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Encouragement, Gratitude, Religious

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1872). “The treasury of David: containing an original exposition of the Book of psalms”, p.81

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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.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Believe, Church, World

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

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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!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Trust, God, Faith

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

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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.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wise, Laughing, Church

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

  Charles Spurgeon

  Divorce, Sin, Christ

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• Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Life, Light, Long

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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.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Thinking, Ill

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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.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Sweet, Heart, Men

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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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• If you wish to know God, you must know his Word. If you wish to perceive His power, you must see how He works by his Word. If you wish to know His purpose before it comes to pass, you can only discover it by His Word.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Faith, Godly, Wish

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). “Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series”, Baker Publishing Group

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  It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Positive, Happiness, Being Happy

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1417, Barbour Publishing

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

  Charles Spurgeon

  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.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Emptiness, Christ, Fullness

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