Charles Spurgeon Quotes

When I see Jesus Christ I simply want to be what He wants me to be.

The essence of surrender is getting out of God's way so that He can do in us what He also wants to do through us.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will.

Prayer is not a means by which I seek to control God; it is a means of putting myself in a position where God can control me.

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's.

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

All I really want - when I pray , I don't really ask for anything. All I want to do is God's will and make the best decisions I can. I don't go out and preach.

Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was, 'Not my will, but thine be done.'

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.

Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.

My opinion is that I follow what the Lord says. Or I try to. Others are following what they want to do, basically. They are living for their self. I am living for God.

Do your duty and leave the rest to God.

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

First and foremost, I live for God now. His plans for me are better than whatever I can think.