Best Charles Spurgeon Quotes On Prayer, Grace, Faith, Love

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the “Prince of Preachers”. These Charles Spurgeon quotes on prayer, grace, death will motivate you.

Best Charles Spurgeon Quotes

1. “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
2. “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
3. “It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of the heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

4. “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

5. “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
6. “A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats” ~ Charles Spurgeon
7. “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
8. “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, Charles Spurgeon quotes on prayer
9. “Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

10. “There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

11. “Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
12. “When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
13. “No matter how good you think yourself to be, you cannot enter heaven unless it is under the terms of sovereign grace.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
14. “When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, or stutter, or hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the gospel of which we have any cause to be ashamed.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
15. “If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

16. “If God lights the candle, none can blow it out.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

17. “Lord, send Your life throughout the entire church. Visit Your church; restore sound doctrine and holy, earnest living. Take away from professing Christians their love of frivolities, their attempts to meet the world on its own ground, and give back the old love of the doctrines of the Cross and Christ. May free grace and dying love again be the music that refreshes the church and makes her heart exceeding glad.” ~ Charles Spurgeon, Charles Spurgeon quotes on grace
18. “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, Charles Spurgeon quotes on faith

19. “The grace that does not change my life will not save my soul.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

20. “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, Charles Spurgeon quotes on love
21. “We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously He once waited for us.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
22. “I believe that the happiest of all Christians and the truest of Christians are those who never dare to doubt God, but take His Word simply as it stands, and believe it, and ask no questions, just feeling assured that if God has said it, it will be so.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
23. “The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

24. “Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

25. “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
26. “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
27. “We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, ‘Is it pleasant?’
    but, ‘Is it true?'” ~ Charles Spurgeon

28. “When your will is God’s will, you will have your will.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

29. “Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
30. “You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
31. “The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
32. “Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
33. “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
34. “Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

Comment your Charles Spurgeon favorite Quotes!