Charles Spurgeon Quotes - Page 17

• Of two evils, choose neither.

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  Life, Two, Evil

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• There is no reward from God to those who seek it from men.

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  Men, Rewards

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• The best style of prayer is that which cannot be called anything else but a cry.

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  Christian, Prayer, Style

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• Many people are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed; they chew the bitter pill which they would not even know to be bitter if they had the sense to swallow it whole in a cup of patience and water.

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  People, Water, Cups

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1416, Barbour Publishing

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• Do what you may, strive as earnestly as you can, live as excellently as you please, make what sacrifices you choose, be as eminent as you can for everything that is lovely and of good repute, yet none of these things can be pleaseing to God unless they be mixed with faith.

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  Sacrifice, Lovely, May

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.685, Barbour Publishing

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• The existence of hypocrites does not prove the non-existence of true believers.

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  Hypocrite, Doe, Existence

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1889). “The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon”

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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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• You'll never be a winner of souls unless you're first a weeper for souls.

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  Soul, Firsts, Winner

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• Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.

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  Humble, Humility, Self

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1869). “Gleanings Among the Sheaves”, p.39

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• Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence in Him, even when facing the apparent denial of our request.

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  Prayer, Opportunity, Giving

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• If I had a brother who had been murdered, what would you think of me if I...daily consorted with the assassin who drove the dagger into my brother's heart; surely I too must be an accomplice in the crime. Sin murdered Christ; will you be a friend to it? Sin pierced the heart of the Incarnate God; can you love it?

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  Brother, Heart, Thinking

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• Let no Christian parents fall into the delusion that Sunday School is intended to ease them of their personal duties. The first and most natural condition of things is for Christian parents to train up their own children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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  Christian, Children, Fall

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “Select Works”, p.343, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Faith is reason at rest in God.

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  Reason

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• Whatever is your greatest joy and treasure, that is your god.

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  Christian, Christian Inspirational, Joy

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• When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word.

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  Opportunity, Honor, Denial

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• Beloved, can you feel assured that He carried your sin?

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  Beloved, Sin, Feels

  Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.378, Discovery House

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• He (Jesus) will reign over you, either by your consent, or without it.

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  Jesus, Over You, Reign

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• Without Christ there is no hope.

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  Christ, No Hope

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• There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes.

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  Funny, Encouraging, Humorous

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• Idle men tempt the devil to tempt them.

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  Men, Devil, Idle

  Charles Spurgeon (2012). “John Ploughman's Talks”, p.5, Whitaker House

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• The saved man is not a perfect man, but his heart's desire is to become perfect.

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  Heart, Men, Perfect

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.93, Barbour Publishing

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• If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love.

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  Love, God, Faith

  Charles Spurgeon (2011). “Strengthen My Spirit”, p.133, Barbour Publishing

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• Where God takes such pains to teach, we ought to be at pains to learn.

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  God, Pain, Teach

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• God has not made this world to be a nest for us, and if we try to make it such for ourselves, he plants thorns in it, so that we may be compelled to mount and find our soul’s true home somewhere else, in a higher and nobler sphere than this poor world can give.

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  Home, Somewhere Else, Giving

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 59: Sermons 3335-3386”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• The work of God's Holy Spirit begins with bruising. In order to be saved, the fallow ground must be plowed up, the hard heart must be broken, the rock must be split apart.

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  Heart, Rocks, Order

  Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Selected Works”, p.126, Lulu Press, Inc

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