Go home, go to your closet, fall on your knees, put your trust alone in Christ and, my friend, if the Lord does not have mercy upon you, then he is not the God we have preached to you, and he has not substantiated his faithful promise: you cannot, you shall not seek in vain. But mark, you must not think that your once seeking is enough; continue in it. If God has given you his Spirit you will continue—you will never leave off praying until you get the answer. Oh! my friend, if God hath given thee this day a longing after his love; if he has caused thee to say, “I will never give it up, I will perish at the foot of the cross if I perish at all;” thou canst no more perish than the angels in Paradise. Be of good cheer; use violence again and again, and thou shalt take it by force. – Spurgeon
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Amen. That gave my chills. Waht song is playing?
@Nancybratt - The song or the paragraph?
The music is at the bottom of my blog…songs are listed there in the player.
i may come back to read this many times.
@Composing_Life - Please do. Charles Spurgeon is known as the “prince of preachers”.
I love Spurgeon. That’s a great quote.
Spurgeon has a way with words; a gracious way.
Thanks for sharing!
Wow!!!
My wife loves this guy. I gave trying to read him. He is incapable of writing a simple declarative sentence. My wife likes the deep stuff.
I will probably regret this, but I use my businessman’s approach to prayer–short ant to the point.
frank