The anvil is not afraid of the hammer. Charles Spurgeon More Quotes by Charles Spurgeon More Quotes From Charles Spurgeon Patience! patience! You are always in a hurry, but God is not. Charles Spurgeon A person who is really saved by Grace does not need to be told that he is under solemn obligations to serve Christ. The new life within him tells him that. Instead of regarding it as a burden, he gladly surrenders himself, body, soul, and spirit, to the Lord. Charles Spurgeon bodysoulgrace God does not need your strength: he has more than enough of power of his own. He asks your weakness: he has none of that himself, and he is longing, therefore, to take your weakness, and use it as the instrument in his own mighty hand. Will you not yield your weakness to him, and receive his strength? Charles Spurgeon yieldweaknesshands There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ. Charles Spurgeon divorcesinchrist It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon positivebeing-happyhappiness God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port Charles Spurgeon shipsspeedtogether When your will is God's will, you will have your will. Charles Spurgeon christianfaithgod Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly. Others give but an occasional pluck at the rope. But he who wins with heaven is the man who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously, with all his might. Charles Spurgeon motivationprayerchristian When Satan cannot get a great sin in he will let a little one in, like the thief who goes and finds shutters all coated with iron and bolted inside. At last he sees a little window in a chamber. He cannot get in, so he puts a little boy in, that he may go round and open the back door. So the devil has always his little sins to carry about with him to go and open back doors for him, and we let one in and say, 'O, it is only a little one.' Yes, but how that little one becomes the ruin of the entire man! Charles Spurgeon christianmenboys We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously He once waited for us. Charles Spurgeon christiangodlong 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 donefeelschrist Anything is a blessing which makes us pray. Charles Spurgeon prayingprayerblessing Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years. Charles Spurgeon christianbiblebook Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. Charles Spurgeon worst-enemymenreality It's a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards. Charles Spurgeon borngood-things Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us. If we don't know where we are going, we know with whom we go. Charles Spurgeon knowsmayjesus We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?' Charles Spurgeon pleasant 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 We cannot rely on ourselves, for we have learned by bitter experience the folly of self-confidence. We are compelled to look to the Lord alone. Blessed is the wind that drives the ship into the harbor. Blessed is the distress that forces us to rest in our God. Charles Spurgeon self-confidenceblessedhealing If a man can preach one sermon without mentioning Christ's name in it, it ought to be his last. Charles Spurgeon lastsnamesmen
