C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

When our Lord has accomplished in us what he is aiming at, the result will be to empty us out and to make us discover the utter vanity of self. 1287.200 God is making, by his grace, beings who will stand next to his throne, but will remain reverently loyal for ever. 1466.189 “We are his workmanship,” cry all the saints: do you want to be your own workmanship? He that can work upon one can work upon another. Oh, that you would lie at his feet! Oh, that you would put off all idea of what you can do for yourself, and draw comfort from these few words of my text: “We are his workmanship”! What is there that God cannot do for you? Rough material as you are, he can make you what you should be; he can make you what it will delight you to be. God grant that we may learn to look to the strong for strength, and no longer waste our time in enquiring for it where there is nothing but perfect weakness! 1829.149 What we are, my brethren, is of small consequence compared with what he is who worketh all our works in us. What if we be nothing but clay; the great Potter knows how to fashion us to his praise. The great item is not what the clay is, but what the potter can make out of it. 1842.290 It often cheers my heart to think that since the Lord made me he can put me right, and keep me so to the end. 1877.8 The Lord takes more trouble with a sinner than it cost him to make a world: he could complete the globe in six days, but it often takes many years to bring a sinner to repentance, and to perfect his salvation. 1981.494 Your extremity is God’s opportunity. The difficulty all along has been to get to the end of you; for when a man gets to the end of himself, he has reached the beginning of God’s working. 2717.116