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Care more for a grain of faith than a ton of excitement.
Spurgeon's practical instruction to ministry students covers preaching, prayer, pastoral character, and the ordinary burdens of ministry. Pastors and serious lay readers continue to benefit from its wisdom and wit.
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- Lecture I: "The Minister's Self-Watch" (first series, 1875)1 quote
- Lectures to My Students, Lecture 3, The Preacher’s Private Prayer1 quote
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Do not close a single sermon without addressing the ungodly.
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It will be in vain for me to stock my library, or organise societies, or project schemes, if I neglect the culture of myself; for books, and agencies, and systems, are only remotely the instruments of my holy calling; my…
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All our libraries and studies are mere emptiness compared with our closets. We grow, we wax mighty, we prevail in private-prayer.