"Exceeding 'great' Peter says they are; and he knew right well. They come from a great God, they assure us of great love, they come to great sinners, they work for us great results, and deal with great matters. They are as great as greatness itself; they bring us the great God, to be our God for ever and ever." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
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"Prayer is an essential part of the providence of God, so essential, that you will always find that when God delivers His people, His people have been praying for that deliverance. They tell us that prayer does not affect the Most High, and cannot alter His purposes. We never thought it did; but prayer is a part of the purpose and plan, and a most effective wheel in the machinery of providence." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
"The same God that ordains to give a certain blessing has also ordained that we shall pray for it. We do not expect to change the will of God, but we believe our prayer to be a part of his will." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
"Holiness is essential to power in prayer: the life must knock while the lips ask and the heart seeks." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
"Some mercies are not given to us except in answer to importunate prayer. There are blessings which, like ripe fruit, drop into your hand the moment you touch the bough; but there are others which require you to shake the tree again and again, until you
make it rock with the vehemence of your exercise, for then only will the fruit fall down." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon "Work is always healthier for us than idleness; it is always better to wear out shoes than sheets." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
"The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is the mother of a huge family of sins." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
"A sitting silently at the feet of Jesus is of more worth than all the clatter of Martha’s dishes." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
Believe what he has revealed; do not say in your heart “I never will believe there is a hell unless one should come from it.” Do you not see, that if one should come from it then you would not believe at all, because you would say, “If one person came from hell, then another may, and I may myself.” ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
"The most spiritual and sanctified minds, when they fully perceive the majesty and holiness of God, are so greatly conscious of the great disproportion between themselves and the Lord, that they are humbled and filled with holy awe, and even with dread and alarm." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
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