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Beloved, there are heights in experimental knowledge of the things of God that the eagles discerning eye and philosophical thought have never seen...God alone can take us there, but the chariot in which He takes us up

Beloved, there are heights in experimental knowledge of the things of God that the eagles discerning eye and philosophical thought have never seen...God alone can take us there, but the chariot in which He takes us up and the fiery steeds that pull the chariot, are prevailing prayers.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Philosophical, Eye

Prayer irrigates the fields of life with the waters which are stored up in the reservoirs of promise.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Water, Promise
Charles Spurgeon (2015). “According to Promise”, p.41, Gideon House Books

...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.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Weight, May
Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 34: Sermons 2001-2061”, p.30, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Lord Jesus, cause me to know in my daily experience the glory and sweetness of Thy name, and then teach me how to use it in my prayer, so that I may be a prince prevailing with God.

Charles Spurgeon
Jesus, Prayer, Names
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1883). “Illustrations and Meditations: Or, Flowers from a Puritan's Garden”

The goal of prayer is the ear of God.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Goal, Ears

It is well said that neglected prayer is the birth-place of all evil.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Birth Place, Evil

We ought not to tolerate for a minute the ghastly and grievous thought that God will not answer prayer.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Answers, Minutes
Spurgeon, Charles, Delmarva Publication, Inc. (2015). “The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon, Volume 78”, p.96, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Church, Machinery

Watch constantly against those things which are thought to be no temptations. The most poisonous serpents are found where the sweetest flowers grow. Cleopatra was poisoned by an asp that was brought to her in a basket of fair flowers. Sharp-edged tools, long handled, wound at last.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Flower, Long

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

Charles Spurgeon
Christian, Prayer, Long

If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, living, lasting, conscious, practical, abiding union with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Charles Spurgeon
Jesus, Prayer, Abiding
Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 34: Sermons 2001-2061”, p.35, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

You have no time for the prayer meeting, but you have time enough to be brushing your hair to all eternity; you have no time to bend your knee, but plenty of time to make yourselves look smart and grand.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Smart, Hair
Charles H. Spurgeon (2012). “The Spurgeon Series 1855 & 1856: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language”, p.1032, New Leaf Publishing Group

A church should be a camp of soldiers, not an hospital of invalids. But there is exceedingly much difference between what ought be and what is, and consequently many of God's people are in so sad a state that the very fittest prayer for them is for revival.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Differences, People

For a successful season of prayer, the best beginning is confession.

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Prayer, Successful, Confession
Charles Spurgeon (1998). “Spurgeon on Prayer & Spiritual Warfare (6 In 1 Anthology)”, p.51, Whitaker House

True prayer is an approach of the soul by the Spirit of God to the throne of God.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Soul, Thrones
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Robert Hall (1993). “The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life”, p.15, YWAM Publishing

God will hear His people at the beginning of their prayers if the condition of their heart is ready for it.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Heart, People

In all states of dilemma or of difficulty, prayer is an available source. The ship of prayer may sail through all temptations, doubts and fears, straight up to the throne of God; and though she may be outward bound with only griefs, and groans, and sighs, she shall return freighted with a wealth of blessings!

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Grief, Blessing

Prayer must not be our chance work but our daily business, our habit and vocation.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Chance, Habit
Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.65, Discovery House

If He has said much about prayer, it is because He knows we have much need of it.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Needs, Said
Charles Spurgeon (2014). “Commentary on Colossians”, p.22, Ravenio Books

Prayer is the thermometer of grace.

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Prayer, Grace, Thermometers
Charles Spurgeon (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 37”, p.126, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

Saints of the early church reaped great harvests in the field of prayer and found the mercy seat to be a mine of untold treasures.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Church, Treasure

Intercessory prayer is exceedingly prevalent. What wonders it has wrought! The Word of God teems with its marvelous deeds. Believer, thou hast a mighty engine in thy hand, use it well, use it constantly, use it with faith, and thou shalt surely be a benefactor to thy brethren.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Hands, Use
Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.152, Discovery House

Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Long, Praying
Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.147, Barbour Publishing

Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth its preaching hand but not its praying hand? Oh dear friends! Let us agonize in prayer.

Charles Spurgeon
Prayer, Heart, Hands

Prayer plumes the wings of God's young eaglets so that they may learn to mount above the clouds. Prayer brings inner strength to God's warriors and sends them forth to spiritual battle with their muscles firm and their armor in place.

Charles Spurgeon
Spiritual, Prayer, Warrior
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Robert Hall (1993). “The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life”, p.94, YWAM Publishing

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