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"I pray God if I have a drop of blood in my body which is not His, to let it bleed away; and if there be one hair in my head which is not consecrated to Him, I would have it plucked out." (183)

"...how can we expect people to know and understand the holiness God desires in a Christian's life unless they see it on display in us?" (59)

"One pampered sin will slay the souls as surely as one dose of poison will kill the body.: (62)

"One pampered sin will slay the souls as surely as one dose of poison will kill the body.: (62)

"Sermons wrung out of broken hearts are often the means of consolation to despairing souls. It is well to go to the pulpit, at times with 'God be merciful to me a sinner' as our uppermost prayer." (170)

"If our preaching never saves a soul, and is not likely to do so, should we not better glorify God as peasants, or as tradesmen? What honor can the Lord receive from useless ministers? . . . Brethren, can we bear to be useless? Can we be barren, and yet content?" (167)

"In God's school of spiritual leadership, some courses are optional, but not suffering 101. Rarely do we sign up for the course voluntarily; rather the Schoolmaster Himself, in His perfect wisdom, will schedule us to take it when He knows we need it."

Steve Miller, C.H. Spurgeon on Spiritual Leadership, 113

We ought to prepare the sermon as if all depended upon us, and then we are to trust the Spirit of God knowing that all depends on Him. (153)

"You need not bring life to the Scripture. You should draw life from the Scripture." (138)

"He who has fixed the bounds of our habitation has also fixed the bounds of our tribulation."
—C.H. Spurgeon, "On My Back" (129)

"Ah, it is well to be cast out of our depth, and made to swim in the sweet waters of mighty love! We know that it is supremely blessed to be compelled to cease from self, to surrender both wish and judgment, and to lie passive in the hands of God." (126)

"Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. But more, the spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation." (123)

"What the Spirit of God has written in this inspired Book is truth to us, and we allow no human teaching to rank side by side with it."
—C.H. Spurgeon (S. Miller, C.H. Spurgeon on Christian Leadership. 103)

As long as we have life, we must serve Him, As long as there is breath in our bodies, let us serve Christ. As long as we can think, as long as we can speak, as long as we can work, let us serve Him. Let us serve Him with our last gasp. (78)

"The Lord pours most into tose who are most empty of self. Those who have least of their own shall have the most of God's. The Lord cares little what the vessel is, whether golden or earther, so long as it is clean, and disengaged from other use." (82)

"Faith enables us so to rejoice in the LORD that our infirmities become platforms for the display of His grace."
—C.H. Spurgeon, as quoted by Steve Miller in "C.H. Spurgeon on Spiritual Leadership." p. 48

God is always a ready listener, eager to hear our footsteps approach His throne. But are we equally eager to bring ourselves into His presence? If we as spiritual leaders fail to possess an enthusiasm for spending time with God in prayer, we cannot expect those who follow us to catch that enthusiasm.
—C.H. Spurgeon, as quoted by Steve Miller in "C.H. Spurgeon on Spiritual Leadership." p. 21

"Because God is the living God, He can hear; because He is a loving God, He will hear; because He is our covenant God, He has bound Himself to hear." C.H. Spurgeon