This devotion is my sixth in a series of quotes by the great Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon. As I shared in my October 2021 devotion: “For a man, who suffered from so much depression, it is absolutely awe-inspiring that he is so often quoted for his uplifting words of hope and wisdom.” Please take time to meditate on each quote below – I guarantee you will be blessed.1
“As for His failing you, never dream of it — hate the thought of it. The God who has been sufficient until now, should be trusted to the end.”
“Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God’s Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord.”
“The Word of God will be to you a bulwark and a high tower, a castle of defense against the foe. Oh, see to it that the Word of God is in you, in your very soul, permeating your thoughts, and so operating upon your outward life, that all may know you to be a true Bible-Christian, for they perceive it in your words and deeds.”
“Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.”
“There are no crown-bearers in heaven that were not cross-bearers here below.”
“Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.”
“The mind of God is greater than all the minds of men, so let all men leave the gospel just as God has delivered it unto us.”
“God’s thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.”
“O child of God, be more careful to keep the way of the Lord, more concentrated in heart in seeking His glory, and you will see the loving-kindness and the tender mercy of the Lord in your life.”
“Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves God, he has reached that point where he doth serve himself best, and enjoys himself most. It is man’s honor, it is man’s joy, it is man’s heaven, to live unto God.”
“He bequeaths us His manger, from which to learn how God came down to man, and His cross to teach us how man may go up to God.”
“Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us. If we don’t know where we are going, we know with whom we go.”
“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.”
“When we reach the hilltops of heaven, and look back upon all the way whereby the Lord our God hath led us, how shall we praise Him who, before the eternal throne, undid the mischief which Satan was doing upon earth. How shall we thank Him because He never held His peace, but day and night pointed to the wounds upon His hands, and carried our names upon His breastplate!”
“There is no exception to this rule: ‘All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant.’ They say there is no rule without an exception, but there is an exception to that rule.”
“If I feel myself disinclined to pray, then is the time when I need to pray more than ever.”
“Prayer should be the natural outflow of the soul: you should pray because you must pray, not because the set time for praying has arrived, but because your heart must cry unto your Lord.”
“It is not great talents God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus.”
“How did you come to be a Christian? I sought the Lord. But how did you come to seek the Lord? The truth flashed across my mind in a moment—I should not have sought Him unless there had been some previous influence in my mind to make me seek Him. I prayed, thought I, but then I asked myself, How came I to pray? I was induced to pray by reading the Scriptures. How came I to read the Scriptures? I did read them, but what led me to do so? Then, in a moment, I saw that God was at the bottom of it all, and that He was the Author of my faith.”
“A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue.”
“He freely gives grace in all its forms, to His people: saving grace, comforting grace, preserving grace, sanctifying grace, directing grace, instructing grace, assisting grace! He gives grace . . . abundantly, seasonably, constantly, readily, sovereignly!”
1 All of these quotes are from the website below: