Spurgeon Gems

Prayer is the longing of the soul to hold communion with the Most High, the desire of the heart to obtain blessings at His hands.

Praise is the beauty of a Christian. What wings are to a bird, what fruit is to the tree, what the rose is to the thorn, that is praise to a child of God.

God does not need your strength; He has more than enough power of His own! He asks for your weakness.

There is joy in hell when a saint grows idle! There is gladness among devils when we cease to pray, when we become slack in faith and feeble in communion with God.

Why is heaven called a city? Because it is a place of fellowship where men meet one another!

A humble desire is one which leaves everything in God's hands. The man who has it says, "Now, though I desire this, it may be it is not a right desire. Lord, I desire only to desire what I ought to desire! My desire is t…

It is a great sin on the part of Church members if they do not daily sustain their pastor by their prayers!

The backbone of the preaching of Christ is a conviction of the truth of Christ.

A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue.

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.

If the devil never roars, the Church will never sing! God is not doing much if the devil is not awake and busy. Depend upon it: a working Christ makes a raging devil! When you hear ill reports, cruel speeches, threats, t…

God has only to give you what you want to make you feel the emptiness of it!...You will generally notice that when the believer gets near to God, tastes the unseen joys and eats the bread that was made in heaven, all the…