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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)