The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ.
– Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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- Down deep in His innermost soul Christ carried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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- There should be as much difference between the worldling and the Christian, as between hell and heaven, between destruction and eternal life. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Be wise and attend to obeying. Let Christ manage the providing. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- There is nothing Christ dislikes more than for His people to make a showpiece of Him and not to use Him. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- All ministries, therefore, must be subjected to this test-”if they do not glorify Christ, they are not of the Holy Spirit. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Faith never makes herself her own plea, she rests all her argument upon the blood of Christ. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their classical pursuits, so must we addict ourselves to prayer. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- If boys would think, it would be well to give them less classwork and more opportunity for thought. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- To give to others is but sowing seed for ourselves. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- It is the tendency of deep feeling to subdue the manner rather than to render it too energetic. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- There will be no fear of your becoming lethargic if you are continually familiar with internal realities. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Every unearnest minister is an unfaithful one. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- The most likely man to go to hell is the man who has nothing to do on earth. Idle people tempt the devil to tempt them. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Revival begins by Christians getting right first and then spills over into the world. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Jesus does not cherish an offense, loving us as well after the offense as before it. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Many preachers are at home among books but quite at sea among men. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- There is no balm in Gilead, but there is balm in God. There is no physician among the creatures, but the Creator is Jehovah-rophi. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Here is the day for the man, where is the man for the day? – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- No sooner is there a good thing in the world, than a division is necessary. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- We lose much consolation by the habit of reading His promises for the whole church, instead of taking them directly home to ourselves. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Curses are like chickens, they always come home to roost. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- The whitest robes, unless their purity be preserved by divine grace, will be defiled by the blackest spots. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s warriors than standing still. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- When grace has won the day, the worldling seeks the world to come. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- I love a minister whose faces invite me to make him my friend. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face, for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- God never loses sight of the treasure which He has placed in our earthen vessels. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- You can leave the Word of God to wound and kill it need not be yourselves cutting in phrase in manner. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Let our liberty be practically exhibited by serving the Lord with gratitude and delight. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- We entertain God’s Truth not as a guest but as master of the house. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- The seed of acceptable devotion must come from heaven’s storehouse. Only the prayer which comes from God can go to God. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- The world commands our desire for purity but bids that we not be too precise about it. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- God has made all things that are in the world to be our teachers. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Watch for subjects as you go but the city or the country. Keep your eyes and ears open, and you will hear and see angels. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon