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“Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church.”

Quote by Charles Spurgeon

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Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, born on June 19, 1834, was a prominent Christian preacher from the United Kingdom. Known as the 'Preacher of London,' he was renowned for his passionate sermons and profound influence. Spurgeon's preaching drew thousands of listeners, and his writings had a widespread impact on the Christian world. more

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Book:The Spurgeon Series 1859 & 1860: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language

Source: The Spurgeon Series 1859 & 1860: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language

“The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer.”

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“There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire off their guns anywhere. Possibly somebody would be killed, but the majority of the enemy would be missed.”

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Book:Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series

Source: Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series

“We may expect answers to prayer, and should not be easy without them any more than we should be if we had written a letter to a friend upon important business, and had received no reply.”

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Book:Spurgeon on the Psalms Book Two: Psalm 26 through Psalm 50

Source: Spurgeon on the Psalms Book Two: Psalm 26 through Psalm 50

“We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.”

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Author:Charles Spurgeon

“We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition.”

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“Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.”

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Source: The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense

“Often it is hard. So hard, in fact, that Jesus' decree to love and pray for our opponents is regarded as one of the most breathtaking and gut-wrenching challenges of his entire Sermon on the Mount, a speech renowned for its outrageous claims. There was no record of any other spiritual leader ever having articulated such a clear-cut, unambiguous command for people to express compassion to those who are actively working against their best interests.”

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“Many do not recognize the call of God simply because they have never taken the time to really talk with Him long enough to know what He is like.”

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“Nothing is impossible,' said one of the seven sages of Greece, 'to industry.' Let us change the word, 'industry,' to 'persevering prayer,' and the motto will be more Christian and more worthy of universal adoption.”

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