Charles Spurgeon is known as the “Prince of Preachers” for good reason. The British Baptist Pastor preached 3500 sermons to an estimated 10 million people, a jaw-dropping number in a pre-internet era. During his ministry, Spurgeon wrote 49 volumes of commentaries and devotionals, and the complete collection of his sermons fills 63 volumes, making it the largest set of books by a single author in the history of Christianity. Interestingly, on the topic of productivity, he said, “The way to do a great deal is to keep on doing a little. The way to do nothing at all is to be continually resolving that you will do everything.”
Spurgeon was known for his ability to speak plainly on difficult subjects. As a result, he is one of the most often quoted personalities in Christian ministry. Here are ten quotes from Spurgeon on prayer and Bible reading.
- “A Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.”
- “Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.”
- “The Word of God is like a lion. You don’t have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.”
- “No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.”
- “To pray is to enter the treasure-house of God and to gather riches out of an inexhaustible storehouse.”
- “Nothing brings such leanness to a man’s soul as lack of prayer.”
- “Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.”
- “I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.”
- “Prayer can never be in excess.”
- “If you may have everything by asking in His name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.”
