“When a man admires himself, he never adores God.”
— Charles Spurgeon
The work which has been intrusted to Christ is nothing less than that of reconciling the creation unto God.
—J. Gresham Machen
“Because God is the living God, he can hear.
Because he is a loving God, he will hear.”
— Charles Spurgeon
After prayer comes peace—the first answer to prayer is the peace of God which passeth all understanding.
—Amy Carmichael
“The devil, the world, and the temptations of life, would soon erase out of the heart all that God had written there if he did not create it anew with the faculty of holding fast that which is good.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“God must melt the heart, must transform it from granite into flesh; and he has the power to do it.”
– Charles Spurgeon
It is true that in addition to God and the devil in our soul there is something else, so terrible that the heart chills, if you open it even a little.
—Taras Shevchenko
“Blessed be the name of our gracious God, he knows how to erase the evil and to cleanse the soul through his Holy Spirit’s applying the work of Jesus to us.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“The God who can take away the spots from the leopard, and the blackness from the Ethiopian, can also remove the evil lines which now deface the heart.”
– Charles Spurgeon
Trample underfoot the world, and the things of the world; all these riches, honours, pleasures. What is the world to thee? Let the dead bury their dead; but follow thou after the image of God.
—John Wesley
The conscious mind allows itself to be trained like a parrot, but the unconscious does not — which is why St. Augustine thanked God for not making him responsible for his dreams.
—Carl Jung
There are people who take upon themselves the right to decide for others what their relationship to God and the world should be, and there are people—the vast majority—who give this right to others and blindly believe what they say. Both are equally guilty and pathetic.
—Leo Tolstoy
Give thanks to God, who made necessary things simple, and complicated things unnecessary.
—Hryhorii Skovoroda
Since praise is so comely a thing, let all be exhorted to praise God.
—Jonathan Edwards
“Tablets of stone, though apparently durable, can readily enough be broken, and so can God’s commands; so are they indeed broken every day by us, and those who have the clearest knowledge of the will of God nevertheless offend against him.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“You may preach up the anger of God, and the terrors of the world to come, but these do not melt the heart to loyal obedience.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“You consider sin a mere trifle, scarcely worth thinking about;
but God regards it as an evil and an accursed thing.”
— Charles Spurgeon
None of us can know how poor we are in comparison with what we might have been if we had lived habitually nearer to God in prayer.
— Charles Spurgeon
God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want. – C.S. Lewis
As a boy, I was not a Christian. I did not have the privilege of growing up in a home where Christ was known and loved. God spoke to me through a street preacher who quoted the words of Jesus, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.”
—AW Tozer
He that walks in the light of new obedience, he hath communion with God, and in his presence is fulness of joy for ever; without it, there is nothing but darkness, and wandering, and confusion.
—John Owen
Faith is a grace that gives God the glory of his sufficiency and faithfulness.
—Jonathan Edwards
“If God takes away the guilt of sin, he is sure at the same time to remove the power of sin.”
– Charles Spurgeon
Do not talk about the love of God until you have realized the enormity of sin and of what you have done against God.
—Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The world is as it is today because sin being what it is, and God being what and who he is, it will inevitably be punished.
—Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Thank God for the one who came to set a liberty those who are bruised. In your pain and your agony, cry out to him, and he will give you the relief.
—Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Whether you like it or not, whether you understand it or not, sin is what you are guilty of in the sight of this holy God.
—Martyn Lloyd-Jones
6 benefits to hearing the Word of God:
1. It exercises our humility.
2. It instructs our faith.
3. It lights us up with joy.
4. It inflames us with love.
5. It inspires us with zeal.
6. It lifts us up towards heaven.
— Charles Spurgeon
What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he’s certain he’ll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?
—Voltaire
I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau