"This year let your motto be, โSeek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.โ"
- Charles Spurgeon
"I wish to draw your attention to the ample fact, that our Lord Jesus Christ, when he rose again from the dead had in his body the marks of his passion."
- Charles Spurgeon
โA real Christian does what Christ bids him do, whether he is observed of men or not, because he realizes that he is in the presence of Christ.โ
- Charles Spurgeon
"No man knows his need until God shows it to him; and until the Holy Spirit reveals the necessity of pardon, no man will seek pardon."
- Charles Spurgeon
"When you pray, it is the blood that speaks. Every drop of Jesus' blood cries, โFather, hear him! Father, hear him! Hear the sinner's cry!โ"
- Charles Spurgeon
"This year let your motto be, โSeek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.โ"
- Charles Spurgeon
โWhen you have an hourโs retirement from the battle against sin, spend it in furbishing your shield, and sharpening your sword; for another assault will soon be upon you.โ
- Charles Spurgeon
"Come as you are, sinful as you are, hardened as you are, careless as you think you are, and having no good thing whatsoever, come to your God in Christ!"
- Charles Spurgeon
โMen do not seek God first; God seeks them first; and if any of you are seeking him to-day it is because he has first sought you.โ
- Charles Spurgeon
"Even though you fall into sin through the infirmity of your flesh, yet if it causes you intense agony and sorrow it is because God has written his law in your heart."
- Charles Spurgeon
"A doctor, who never had any patients, would be a poor doctor, would he not? And Jesus Christ could not be a great Saviour if there were no great sinners; and he could not be a great Saviour if there were not a great many sinners to be saved."
- Charles Spurgeon
"When a man is forgiven by God, and knows that he is saved, the joy of the Lord enters his soul, and he says, โ You may take all other joys, and do what you like with them. I have my God, my Saviour, and I want no more.โ"
- Charles Spurgeon
"All the year round, every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake, his mercy waits upon us."
- Charles Spurgeon
โTrust Jesus, I implore you. He is worthy of your trust, for he is the Son of God, and he has died to put away the guilt of all who trust him.โ
- Charles Spurgeon
"The Christian religion teaches us it is glorious to be trodden on, glorious to be crushed, glorious to suffer. This is hard to learn."
- Charles Spurgeon
"We cannot sit down at the feet of Christ without feeling that we must work for him. I defy any man to live near Christ and to be lazy."
- Charles Spurgeon
"The more you know of him, the more you wish to know; and the more you taste of him, the sweeter he becomes till, in heaven, the sweetness will be far more intense than it is now[โฆ]"
- Charles Spurgeon
"The preaching of Christ is the whip that flogs the devil; the preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of which makes all hell shake."
- Charles Spurgeon
"He [Satan] may tempt, but he cannot force; he provoke, but he cannot subdue: Christ has undone the devil's work, has cast him down from his throne, and torn up his stronghold[โฆ]" - Charles Spurgeon
"When the guilt of sin is removed, the love of sin is purged out of the heart; and when the Spirit of holiness is given, the love of holiness is infused into the heart."
- Charles Spurgeon
"Oh, Christian, when you are overtaken by strange troubles, be not afraid. God is near you. It was Christโs honor to suffer, and it is yours too."
- Charles Spurgeon
"It is useless to try to pervert a genuine Christian from the faith, because he knows it, for he has tasted it, and handled it, and felt it."
- Charles Spurgeon
"John Bunyan says, "The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees;" and says he again, "I never know a thing well till it is burned into my heart by prayer.""
- Charles Spurgeon
"My friend, if [Christ] has not come to you yet, I hope he will. If you have not given your heart to him, I hope you may be led to do so by his gracious Spirit."
- Charles Spurgeon
"Many talk about the greatness of Davidโs sin; but, if they knew the depths of Davidโs repentance, and the heartbreak that came with it they would not so glibly speak of it."
- Charles Spurgeon
"Have you ever prayed in that way, as though Christ had said to you, โGo to my Father; tell him I sent you. Use my name with him, for my name has authority in the courts of heavenโ?"
- Charles Spurgeon