Spiritual Slumber Quotes

See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep.

The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.

Why, when God's world is so big, did you fall asleep in a prison, of all places?

Sleepy Christian, let me shout in thine ears: thou are sleeping while souls are being lost, sleeping while men are being damned, sleeping while hell is being peopled, sleeping while Christ is being dishonored, sleeping while the devil is grinning at thy sleepy face, sleeping while demons are dancing round thy slumbering carcass, and telling it in hell that a Christian is asleep. You will never catch the devil asleep; let not the devil catch you asleep. Watch, and be sober, that ye may be always up to do your duty.

Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do if he can do that. We may sing songs about the sweet by and by, preach sermons and say prayers until doomsday, and he will never concern himself about us, if we don't wake anybody up. But if we awake the sleeping sinner he will gnash on us with his teeth. This is our work - to wake people up.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.