Charles Spurgeon Quotes

You have one business on earth – to save souls.

It has been well said that if a great king should bring us a great heap of gold, and bid us take as much as we could count in a day, we should make a long day of it; but to win souls is far nobler work. How is it that we so soon withdraw from it?

I would think it a greater happiness to gain one soul to Christ than mountains of silver and gold to myself.

(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests.

I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some.

We have opportunities to be used by the living God on a daily basis and I don't need the platform of a concert hall to do so.

I never called myself into ministry. God called me when I was 18 years old to preach the Gospel so I've preached the Gospel.

I think that God kind of put me in the place in my life to not be quiet about it, not be quiet about Him, but to reach people and to inspire people.

The eternal salvation of a single soul is more important than anything else you will ever achieve in life.

You are called not to be successful or to meet any of the other counterfeit standards of this world, but to be faithful and to be expended in the cause of serving the risen and returning Christ.

Living for God's glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives.

There's nothing more rewarding or important than to be involved in God's work of redemption.

You are not saved for the sole purpose of going to heaven; you are saved to finish your assignment on earth

When you become consumed by God's call on your life, everything will take on new meaning and significance. You will begin to see every facet of your life - including your pain - as a means through which God can work to bring others to Himself.

The whole world is not worth one soul.

You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most. It is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many souls as you can; to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance.

A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify; A never dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky.

Why would God send people to our church if we don't have a great dream? Why would God give a multigifted, multitalented, and multifinancially wealthy person to a church if the biggest thing you are going to do is paint the restrooms next year? That's bad stewardship.

Souls are God's jewels.

Serving throughout the world is a great missionary force going about doing good. Missionaries teach truth. They dispel darkness. They spread joy. They bring precious souls to Christ.

There is no finer way to demonstrate love of God than by serving Him in the positions to which we may be called. Occasionally, the reward for that service will be prompt, and we'll see the light in the eyes of the person whom we have helped. Other times, however, the Lord will let us wait a little while and let our reward come another way.

Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian's life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.

The fact is, brethren, we must have conversion work here. We cannot go on as some churches do without converts. We cannot, we will not, we must not, we dare not. Souls must be converted here, and if there be not many born to Christ, may the Lord grant to me that I may sleep in the tomb and be heard no more. Better indeed for us to die than to live, if souls be not saved.

Winners of souls must first be weepers for souls.

I am a missionary, heart and soul.