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Spurgeon'sPrayersPersonalizedTaken from the following books:C.H. Spurgeon's PrayersandThe Pastor in PrayerandBehold the Throne of GraceMany of these prayers of Spurgeon have been “personalized” by taking the Elizabethanlanguage out and replacing it with contemporary language such as: “Thee” and “thou”replaced with “you”, and “taketh” replaced with take or taken.References like “London” have been replace with “city”. Sometimes sentences have beenomitted because they don't have any meaning for today, this is indicated by showing a seriesof periods ( .) .
Spurgeon's Prayers Personalized2 / 264Table of ContentsC. H. Spurgeon's Prayers . 7Introduction. . 7CONTENTS. PRAYER . 9PRAYER 1. HELP FROM ON HIGH. . 10PRAYER 2. THANKS BE UNTO GOD. . 13PRAYER 3. THE LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE OR END. . 16PRAYER 4. THE ALL-PREVAILING PLEA. . 19PRAYER 5. TO THE KING ETERNAL. .22PRAYER 6. THE WONDERS of CALVARY. . 27PRAYER 7. “LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE YOU.” . 31PRAYER 8. A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS. .34PRAYER 9. GLORIOUS LIBERTY. . 37PRAYER 10. THE MUSIC OF PRAISE. .39PRAYER 11. UNDER THE BLOOD. .42PRAYER 12. ON HOLY GROUND. . 45PRAYER 13. THE WINGS OF PRAYER. . 48PRAYER 14. “BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL!” . 51PRAYER 15. THE PEACE OF GOD. . 54PRAYER 16. HE EVER LIVES. . 56PRAYER 17. TO BE LIKE CHRIST. .58PRAYER 18. O, FOR MORE GRACE! . 61PRAYER 19. GOD'S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT. .63PRAYER 20. THE GREAT SACRIFICE. . 67PRAYER 21. BOLDNESS AT THE THRONE OF GRACE .70PRAYER 22. THE PRESENCE OF GOD. . 74PRAYER 23. THE LOOK OF FAITH. . 78PRAYER 24. “DELIVER US FROM EVIL.” . 80PRAYER 25. THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD. Same as XV. .83PRAYER 26. PRAYER ANSWERED AND UNANSWERED. Compare with xxii . 86THE GOLDEN KEY OF PRAYER. . 891. THE FIRST HEAD IS PRAYER COMMANDED. . 892. LET US NOW TAKE THE SECOND HEAD — AN ANSWER PROMISED. .923. I come to our third point, which I think is full of encouragement to all those whoexercise the hallowed art of prayer: ENCOURAGEMENT TO FAITH, . 95The Pastor in Prayer . 101Editor’s Preface. . 101I. THE PERSONAL TOUCH. . 102II. JESUS INTERCEDING FOR TRANSGRESSORS. . 105III. GOD’S THOUGHTS AND WAYS FAR ABOVE OURS. . 108IV. EJACULATORY PRAYER. (New Year) .113In Christ. . 116V. The Day of Salvation. . 117Christ is All. 119VI. SITTING OVER AGAINST THE SEPULCHRE. . 120VII. THE REASON WHY MANY CANNOT FIND REST. . 124VIII. THE CONQUEST OF SIN. . 127
3 / 264IX. TRUE PRAYER — HEART PRAYER. . 132X. DISTINCTION AND DIFFERENCE. . 137XI. TAKE FAST HOLD. . 140The Rock of Our Refuge. 143XII. TRUST AND PRAY. . 145XIII. KING AND PRIEST. . 148XIV. THE SIN OF MISTRUST OF GOD. .151XV. THE FOOT-WASHING. Compare with #25 . 154XVI. THE LIFE LOOK!. 157Alone With You. . 160XVII. REFUGES OF LIES. . 161XVIII. “YOUR ADVERSARY.” . 164XIX. RISEN WITH CHRIST. . 167XX. INTERCESSION FOR THE SAINTS. . 170XXI. THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES. . 173XXII. INTERCESSION FOR ONE ANOTHER. Compare with #26 . 177XXIII. THE DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED. . 181XXIV. FREE GRACE AND FREE-GIVING. . 184XXV. AN EVENING PRAYER. . 187XXVI. AN EVENING PRAYER. . 190KEEP IN MERCY’S WAY. . 192Sleep On, Beloved! . 193Behold the Throne of Grace . 194Foreword . 196Invocations . 198The Holy Ghost is Here . 198God of Our Fathers, and Our God . 198A Word to the Heart . 199A Day of Delightful Remembrance . 199The Saviour in the Midst . 200The Soul's Yearning for God . 200Refresh Our Waiting Spirits! . 200Complete Prayers . 202Jesu's Presence Delightful . 202Sorrowing, yet Always Rejoicing . 202Mercy's Streams . 205Such Love as Seraphs Know . 208Oh, to be Like Christ! . 209The Saint's Inalienable Portion .211Nothing but Jesus! . 214The Blessings of the Justified . 216Come Nearer, Nearer, Nearer! . 217Accepted in the Beloved . 220The Gift Unspeakable .222A Great God and a Great Company .224Praise at All Times . 227The Blesser and the Blest . 230Enrich Us All! .232
Spurgeon's Prayers Personalized4 / 264Always Our Helper .234Choice Passages from Prayers .236Adoration . 237Psalm 30 . 237The Adorable Trinity . 237Let All the People Praise You! . 238Children of Abraham .239The Cross and the Throne .239The Love of the Firstborn . 240Looking unto Him. 240Anticipation of Glory . 240Thanksgiving .242Christ in His People .242Father, Son and Holy Spirit .243The Blessings of the Covenant .244Our Supreme Delight .244Goodness and Mercy . 245"Though He Slay Me, Yet—" . 245The Blood-Besprinkled Mercy Seat .246The Lamb Upon the Throne .246Washed and Made White. 247Confession .249Ashamed of Jesus! . 250Sin Shall Not Have Dominion . 250Victory Through the Blood . 251The Feast of Jehovah . 252Rest and Refreshing . 252Supplication . 254Early Morning Prayer Meeting . 254Heal Us, Immanuel!. 254Sincere Faith Desired . 255A Sigh for Holiness . 255That Christ may be in us!. 256Fragrant Fellowship . 256With Christ in the Heavenlies . 257Oh, for Newness of Life! .258Go on to Fashion us! .258Conformed to the Image of the Firstborn .258Grace for Everything . 259Through Bondage to Liberty . 259Being Rather Than Doing . 259For the Reign of Christ . 260Up to the High Mountain . 260Intercession. 261Psalm 82 . 261Great Designs of Love . 261Comforted and Made Ready .262
5 / 264The Christless Multitudes .262Delight in the Lord's Day .262Save the People! .263For All Classes and Conditions of Men .263"Today He Rose and Left the Dead" .264The Harvest Season .264End .264Spurgeon's Prayers Personalized6 / 262
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7 / 264C. H. Spurgeon's PrayersIntroduction.THE day on which a volume of C. H. Spurgeon's Pulpit Prayers appears is a day to be desired.Many will now rejoice to see that day.Decidedly this selection of the great preacher's prayers supplies a want.Many of us have long hoped for such a volume; and now we welcome it with warm gratitude.Lovers of C. H. Spurgeon will delight in this treasury of devotion. They will not open the bookwithout keen anticipation, and assuredly they will not close it with disappointment.It was memorable to hear this incomparable divine when he preached. It was often even morememorable to hear him pray. Dr. John Cairns, the golden-mouthed preacher and scholar,much as he rejoiced in C. H. Spurgeon's sermons, rejoiced yet more in his prayers. Many canbear a similar witness. Who talked with God as Spurgeon did? His congregational prayers —and I heard many — are always echoing in my grateful heart.They are sweet and luminous, in the memory, as angel-presences. Never did I hear him praywithout adoringly saying, “Lord, it is good for us to be here.” How naturally prayer fell fromthe lips of that great apostle; We felt that he was only doing before the multitude what he washabituated to do in private. Prayer was the instinct of his soul, and the atmosphere of his life.It was his “vital breath” and “native air.” How naturally he inhaled and exhaled it! Thegreatness of his prayers more and more impresses and delights me. He touched every note.He sped as on eagle's wings, into the Heaven of God.The things that were given him to utter in prayer were often more profound and beautifulthan the sayings that left his lips in preaching. This has often been a feature of the greatestministries. A noble intellect shines with the glory that excels when it is turned towards God. Aman of God is frequently at his intellectual best in prayer. Assuredly it was not seldom so withthe beloved Pastor. I once heard him speak thus with God: “O Lord, if some of us began todoubt You we should begin to doubt our senses, for You have done such wonderful things forus. You have done more for us than You DID for Thomas. You DID allow Thomas to thrust hisfinger into Your wounds; but You have often thrust Your finger into our wounds, and healedthem.” Did he not speak by the Spirit when he uttered the pathetic and lovely word? Hiswonderful knowledge of Scripture made his prayers so fresh and edifying. No man can praywith high effect unless he is steeped in Scripture. Mr. Spurgeon lived and moved and had hisbeing in the Word of God. He knew its remoter reaches, its nooks and crannies. Its spirit hadentered into his spirit; and when he prayed, the Spirit of God brought all manner of preciousoracles to his mind. Then he lived so entirely in the spiritual world that he was ever ready topray. He had not to school himself at the moment. His pulpit-prayers were not art, but nature.Every prayer was the effluence of a consecrated personality. No liturgy could have restrainedhim. One could not imagine him making literary preparation for public prayer. The flowergave out its perfume without effort. The urn was ever being filled where the pure waters rise,and so afforded at any moment abundant refreshment.8 / 262
Spurgeon's Prayers Personalized8 / 264The quivering sympathy of Mr. Spurgeon's prayers thrilled all who heard them. You felt thethrobbing of that mighty heart. He was royal in his tenderness. Whom did he forget in thosepowerful pleadings? The faith of this great saint indeed worked by love. His prayers grandlyevinced this.How ardent were those incomparable prayers! No hint was there of the dull, slumberous,tedious quality which too often has vitiated pulpit prayer.C. H. Spurgeon was a glowing-hearted “Remembrancer” of God. The warmth of the Baptismof Fire diffused itself throughout his supplications.The prayers at the Tabernacle kindled countless cold hearts.And the English was so delectable. We hesitate to call attention to the intellectual or literaryaspect of prayer. Yet why should we? God's honored servant thought and studied soincessantly for God's glory that we reaped an intellectual harvest as well as a spiritual harvestfrom his devotions. Mr. Spurgeon loved God with his “mind,” and our minds were stimulatedwhen we heard him pray.Let the holy urgency of his prayers be noted. He never lost his importunity. He pleaded for theimmediate moment. “Now” was his plea; and verily then and there were we all blessed of God.As a perusal of this volume will reveal, Mr. Spurgeon's prayers were eminently “theological.”It is a warning, well worthy to be heeded, which a devotional master gave, “Beware of anuntheological devotion.” The “theological” quality of C, H. Spurgeon's prayers was verynotable.How he knew God — the Holy Trinity; Jesus, the Son of God and Savior of men; the blessedSpirit. These noble prayers will be seen to be full of theology. They were the utterances of onewho studied God, delighted in God, and walked with God, especially with the God-man.Precious to him beyond compare was the Divine Redeemer. The blood of our redemption washis glory. The atoning cross was all in all to him. I would specially commend the “theological”contents of these prayers, for they are rich with enduring wealth. The sweet and holymemories of the prayers we heard no man takes from us. Many such memories will bearoused in many of the readers of this book.To those who never heard C. H. Spurgeon's glorious voice, these printed prayers will bevaluable as suggesting his prophetic power at the Mercy Seat. We covet for this volume a greatconstituency. Of a truth these prayers are ideals of how men ought to pray. They arecalculated to be great inspirations to ministers as they contemplate their congregationalprayers. To all Christian workers they will afford real enrichment. For quiet home readingthey will be invaluable. I am glad that the publishers have associated with these prayers one ofC. H. Spurgeon's delightful and pungent sermons on prayer — an art, of all arts the greatest,in which he was a master indeed. Few could use,. “the golden key of prayer” as he so deftlycould. May many be enabled, through grace, by the study of these prayers, to pray moreabundantly and more effectually!DINSDALE T. YOUNG.
9 / 264CONTENTS. PRAYER1. — HELP FROM ON HIGH2. — THANKS BE UNTO GOD3. — THE LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE OR END4. — THE ALL-PREVAILING PLEA5. — TO THE KING ETERNAL6. — THE WONDERS OF CALVARY7. — “LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE YOU”8. — A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS9. — GLORIOUS LIBERTY10. — THE MUSIC OF PRAISE11. — UNDER THE BLOOD12. — ON HOLY GROUND13. — THE WINGS OF PRAYER14. — “BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL!”15. — THE PEACE OF GOD16. — HE EVER LIVES17. — TO BE LIKE CHRIST18. — O, FOR MORE GRACE!19. — GOD'S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT20. — THE GREAT SACRIFICE21. — BOLDNESS AT THE THRONE OF GRACE22. — THE PRESENCE OF GOD23. — THE LOOK OF FAITH24. — “DELIVER US FROM EVIL”25. — THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD26. — PRAYER ANSWERED AND UNANSWEREDSERMON — THE GOLDEN KEY OF PRAYERSpurgeon's Prayers Personalized10 / 262
Spurgeon's Prayers Personalized10 / 264PRAYER 1. HELP FROM ON HIGH.O You who are King of kings and Lord of lords, we worship You. “Before Jehovah's awfulthrone We bow with sacred joy.”We can truly say that we delight in God. There was a time when we feared You, O God, withthe fear of bondage. Now we reverence, but we love as much as we reverence.The thought of Your Omnipresence was once horrible to us. We said: “Whither shall we fleefrom His presence?” and it seemed to make hell itself more dreadful, because we heard avoice, “If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.”But now, O Lord, we desire to find You. Our longing is to feel Your presence, and it is theheaven of heavens that You are there.The sick bed is soft when You are there. The furnace of affliction grows cool when You arethere, and the house of prayer when You are present is none other than the house of God, andit is the very gate of heaven.Come near, our Father, come very near to Your children. Some of us are very weak in bodyand faint in heart. Soon, O God, lay Your right hand upon us and say unto us, “Fear not.”Peradventure, some of us are alike, and the world is attracting us. Come near to kill theinfluence of the world with Your superior power.Even to worship may not seem easy to some. The dragon seems to pursue them, and floodsout of his mouth wash away their devotion. Give to them great wings as of an eagle, that eachone may fly away into the place prepared for him, and rest in the presence of God today.Our Father, come and rest Your children now. Take the helmet from our brow, remove fromus the weight of our heavy armour for awhile, and may we just have peace, perfect peace, andbe at rest.Oh! help us, we pray You, now. As You have already washed Your people in the fountain filledwith blood and they are clean, now.wash us from defilement in the water. With the basin., OMaster, wash our feet again. It will greatly refresh; it will prepare us for innermost fellowshipwith You. So did the priests wash before they went into the holy place. Lord Jesus, take fromus now everything that would hinder the closest communion with God.Any wish or desire that might hamper us in prayer remove, we pray You. Any memory ofeither sorrow or care that might hinder the fixing of our affection wholly on our God, take itaway now. What have we to do with idols any more? You have seen and observed us.You know where the difficulty lies. Help us against it, and may we now come boldly, not intothe Holy place alone, but into the Holiest of all, where we should not dare to come if our greatLord had not rent the veil, sprinkled the mercy seat with His own blood, and bidden us enter.Now, we have come close up to You, to the light that shines between the wings of theCherubim, and we speak with You now as a man speaks with his friends. Our God, we areYours. You are ours.We are now concerned in one business, we are leagued together for one battle. Your battle isour battle, and our fight is Yours. Help us, we pray You.You who strengthened Michael and his angels to cast out the dragon and his angels, help poorflesh and blood that to us also the word may be fulfilled: “The Lord shall bruise Satan underyour feet, shortly.”
11 / 264Our Father, we are very weak. Worst of all we are very wicked if left to ourselves, and we soonfall a prey to the enemy. Therefore help us.We confess that sometimes in prayer when we are nearest to You at that very time some evilthought comes in, some wicked desire. Oh! what poor simpletons we are. Lord, help us. Wefeel as if we would now come closer to You still, and hide under the shadow of Your wings. Wewish to be lost in God. We pray that You may live in us, and not we live, but Christ live in usand show Himself in us and through us.Lord, sanctify us. Oh! that Your spirit might come and saturate every faculty, subdue everypassion, and use every power of our nature for obedience to God.Come, Holy Spirit, we do know You; You have often overshadowed us. Come, more fully takepossession of us.Standing now as we feel we are right up at the mercy seat our very highest prayer is for perfectholiness, complete consecration, entire cleansing from every evil.Take our heart, our head, our hands, our feet, and use us all for You.Lord, take our substance, let us not hoard it for ourselves, nor spend it for ourselves.Take our talent, let us not try to educate oursel
Spurgeon's Prayers Personalized Taken from the following books: C.H. Spurgeon's Prayers and The Pastor in Prayer and Behold the Throne of Grace Many of these prayers of Spurgeon have been "personalized" by taking the Elizabethan language out and replacing it with contemporary language such as: "Thee" and "thou"
