Charles Spurgeon Ill Quotations

His will cannot be neutral or 'free' to act contrary to his nature.

An ill life will effectually drown the voice of the most eloquent ministry.

It needs more skill than I can tell To play the second fiddle well.

A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass.

Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you.

Do not become self-sufficient . Self-sufficienc y is Satan’s net where he catches men, like poor silly fish, and destroys them. Be not self-sufficient . The way to grow strong in Christ is to become weak in yourself. God pours no power into man’s heart till man’s power is all poured out. Live, then, daily, a life of dependence on the grace of God.

It is better to preach five words of God’s Word than five million words of man’s wisdom.

To feel not only submitted but willing to be anything or nothing as the Lord wills it - this is, in truth, to sing a song to our Well Beloved.

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.

What an encouraging thought that Jesus - our beloved Husband - can find comfort in our lowly feeble gifts! Can this be, for it seems far too good to be true? May we then be willing to endure trials or even death itself if through these hardships we are assisted in bringing gladness to Immanuel's heart.

O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.

Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.

You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not live as a saint here will never live as a saint hereafter.

God will not go forth with that man who marches in his own strength

Every sufferer who bears pain, or slander, or loss, or personal unkindness for Christ’s sake, is filling up that amount of suffering which is necessary to the bringing together of the whole body of Christ, and the upbuilding of His elect Church.

Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.

Many people are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed; they chew the bitter pill which they would not even know to be bitter if they had the sense to swallow it whole in a cup of patience and water.

When your will is God's will, you will have your will.

You and your sins must separate, or you and your God will never come together.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.