Quotes from Charles Spurgeon

To Christ we are to be always coming; upon Him always relying; to His precious blood always looking.

We cannot have communion with Christ till we are in union with Him; and we cannot have communion with the Church till we are in vital union with it.

Never lose heart in the power of the gospel. Do not believe that there exists any man, much less any race of men, for whom the gospel is not fitted.

God is with us, and His power is around us.

We know that God's being is perfect, His essence infinite, His dominion absolute, His power unlimited, and His glory transcendent.

Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.

It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.

Unless you have forgiven others you read your own death warrant when you repeat the Lord's Prayer

When joy and prayer are married, their first born child is gratitude.

Prayer can never be in excess.

He that knows how to overcome the Lord in prayer, has heaven and earth at his disposal.

Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.

We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.

...True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length.

Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church.

Prayer moves the arm that moves the world.

Mighty prayer has often been produced by mighty trial.

I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.

Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart.

The goal of prayer is the ear of God.

The best style of prayer is that which cannot be called anything else but a cry.

True prayer is measured by weight, not by length

Repentance and faith are distasteful to the unregenerate; they would sooner repeat a thousand formal prayers than shed a solitary tear of true repentance.

Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer.