Charles Spurgeon is known as “The prince of preachers” and will always be remembered for his energetic, Christ-exalting, convicting sermons. What fewer people know about Spurgeon is that he was a man firmly committed to prayer and believed that both the individual believer and the church should be devoted to prayer in tangible ways.
Aaron Hendrick, who leads our worship team, pointed me to some of Spurgeon’s great thoughts that can be found in his famous devotional, Morning and Evening. Here is what he said on Colossians 4:2 (“Devote yourselves to prayer”):
“A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian. If you are a child of God, you will seek your Father’s face and live in your Father’s love. Pray that this year you may be holy, humble, zealous, and patient; have closer communion with Christ, and enter more often into the banqueting house of His love. Pray that you may be an example and a blessing to others, and that you may live more to the glory of your Master. The motto for this year must be: ‘Devote yourselves to prayer” (4).
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