Charles Spurgeon Should Quotations

It was God's word that made us; is it any wonder that His word should sustain us?

The Christian should work as if all depended upon him, and pray as if it all depended upon God.

The disciples of a patient Saviour should be patient themselves.

Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.

Not that our salvation should be the effect of our work, but our work should be the evidence of our salvation.

The Christian's life should be one of thankfulness to God.

There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.

If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all; and the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earthto us.

If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified.

The Lord is a good banker, and I trust Him. He has never failed me. Why should I be anxious?

Brethren, who are we that God should have been so good to us?

Is it not a sad thing that after all Christ's love to us, we should repay it with lukewarm love to Him?

It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture.

I believe the doctrine of election, because I am quite sure that if God had not chosen me I should never have chosen him; and I am sure he chose me before I was born, or else he never would have chosen me afterwards; and he must have elected me for reasons unknown to me, for I never could find any reason in myself why he should have looked upon me with special love.

The Christian should take nothing short of Christ for his model.

If any man will preach as he should preach, his work will take more out of him than any other labor under heaven.

We should shun ingratitude, and live daily in the heavenly atmosphere of thankful love.

Our happy God should be worshiped by a happy people.