Spirit Quotes by Charles Spurgeon

God is our portion, Christ our companion, the Spirit our Comforter, Earth our lodge, and Heaven is our home.

— Charles Spurgeon

You are engaged in a work so spiritual, so far above all human power, that to forget the Spirit is to ensure…

— Charles Spurgeon

I would go to the deeps a hundred times a cheer a downcast spirit.

— Charles Spurgeon

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

— Charles Spurgeon

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

— Charles Spurgeon

The iron bolt...mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in a gloomy prison.

— Charles Spurgeon

The Holy Spirit can cast out the evil spirit of the fear of man. He can make the coward brave.

— Charles Spurgeon

All the hope of our ministry lies in the Spirit of God operating on the spirits of men.

— Charles Spurgeon

What manner of men should ministers be? They should thunder in preaching, and lighten in conversation; they should be flaming in prayer,…

— Charles Spurgeon

A church in the land without the Spirit is rather a curse than a blessing. If you have not the Spirit of…

— Charles Spurgeon

Serve God by doing common actions in a heavenly spirit, and then, if your daily calling only leaves you cracks and crevices…

— Charles Spurgeon

The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not…

— Charles Spurgeon

I am certain that to preach the wrath of God with a hard heart, a cold lip, a tearless eye, and an…

— Charles Spurgeon

Oh, without prayer what are the church's agencies, but the stretching out of a dead man's arm, or the lifting up of…

— Charles Spurgeon

Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds. Like branches without…

— Charles Spurgeon

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been…

— Charles Spurgeon

I know that charity covereth a multitude of sins; but it does not call evil good, because a good man has done…

— Charles Spurgeon

My brethren, do you believe in the Holy Ghost?...Have we such a reliance upon the Holy Ghost? Do we believe that, at…

— Charles Spurgeon

The business of the believer with his Bible open is to pray, 'Lord, give me the meaning and spirit of your word,…

— Charles Spurgeon

A man who fears not God, will break all his laws with an easy conscience, but one who is the favorite of…

— Charles Spurgeon

It is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until, at last, you come to talk in Scriptural language,…

— Charles Spurgeon

I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their…

— Charles Spurgeon

Never try to live on the old manna, nor seek to find help in Egypt. All must come from Jesus or thou…

— Charles Spurgeon

The greatest, strongest, mightiest plea for the church of God in the world is the existence of the Spirit of God in…

— Charles Spurgeon

Every growth of spiritual life, from the first tender shoot until now, has been the work of the Holy Spirit… The only…

— Charles Spurgeon

The Spirit of God bears no witness to Christless sermons. Leave Jesus out of your preaching, and the Holy Spirit will never…

— Charles Spurgeon

We are foolish to expect to serve God without opposition: the more zealous we are, the more sure are we to be…

— Charles Spurgeon

Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that…

— Charles Spurgeon

I saw a young sister, just before this service; and I said to her, "When did you find the Lord?" She replied,…

— Charles Spurgeon

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

— Charles Spurgeon

The grace of the spirit comes only from heaven, and lights up the whole bodily presence.

— Charles Spurgeon

Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer.

— Charles Spurgeon

A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.

— Charles Spurgeon

Day by day, we are becoming what we shall be eternally. The spirit who convicts us is also the spirit who consoles.

— Charles Spurgeon

Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.

— Charles Spurgeon

Man's words are mere breath, but the word of the Lord is spirit and life.

— Charles Spurgeon

The work of God's Holy Spirit begins with bruising. In order to be saved, the fallow ground must be plowed up, the…

— Charles Spurgeon

A vile imagination, once indulged, gets the key of our minds, and can get in again very easily, whether we will or…

— Charles Spurgeon

Go forth today, by the help of God's Spirit, vowing and declaring that in life - come poverty, come wealth, in death…

— Charles Spurgeon

I believe that much of the secret of soul-winning lies in having bowels of compassion, in having spirits that can be touched…

— Charles Spurgeon