The Power of Prayer Quotes

“If God’s mercies came to us unasked, they would not be half so useful as they now are, when they have to be sought for; for now we get a double blessing, a blessing in the obtaining, and a blessing in the seeking. The very act of prayer is a blessing.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Power of Prayer

“I believe in the truthfulness of this instinct and that man prays because there is something in prayer. And when the Creator gives His creature the power of thirst, it is because water exists to meet its thirst—and as when He creates hunger there is food to correspond to the appetite. So when He inclines men to pray it is because prayer has a corresponding blessing connected with it.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Power of Prayer

“We must own that we are powerless in this business. Salvation is of the Lord and we cannot save a single soul.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Power of Prayer

“Ask for it plainly, as before God, who does not regard your fine expressions, and to whom your eloquence and oratory will be less than nothing and vanity. Thou art before the Lord; let thy words be few, but let thy heart be fervent.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Power of Prayer

“Do not, you troubled ones, be looking after angels, and tokens, and evidences, and signs. If you rest on the finished work of Jesus you have already the best evidence of your salvation in the world! You have God’s Word for it—what more is needed? Cannot you take God’s Word? You can take your father’s word. You can take your mother’s word—why cannot you take God’s word? Oh, what base hearts we must have to suspect God Himself!”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Power of Prayer

“If you can trust Him with your soul, you must of necessity trust Him with your prayers!”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Power of Prayer