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Spurgeon on Prayer Spiritual Warfare

Spurgeon on Prayer Spiritual Warfare

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Prayer is the Christian’s lifeline to God， and with it， lives are changed for eternity！ Charles Spurgeon knew the secrets of prayer—divine principles and promises that God established for our every need。 He reveals these principles and shares how God has answered the prayers of men and women since early biblical times。
This anthology includes six of Spurgeon’s classic books on prayer:
The Power in Prayer
Praying Successfully
The Golden Key of Prayer
Finding Peace in Life’s Storms
Spurgeon on Praise
Satan: A Defeated Foe
Because God keeps His promises， every Christian can have a prayer life that produces lasting results， both personally and in the kingdom of God。 Discover how you， too， can develop essential characteristics required for power-packed prayer！
 

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Reviews

Cindy ，

This is actually six books in one。 There is much wisdom， encouragement， prayer examples， and guidance in this book， while always directing back to God’s glory， Holy Spirit， and Jesus Christ。

Steven Mann ，

The untapped power of prayerSpurgeon does a deep dive into multiple passages of scripture verse by verse。 His ponderings， particularly on the power of prayer and its impact on matters in the spiritual realm， as well as in the day to day lives of believers， is unmatched。 If you are stuck in a rut or somehow view scripture as an unfeeling or intellectual exercise， please consider this book。

Bess ，

6 Books in One1。 The Power in Prayer Guaranteed to Succeed- He begins by saying “To seek aid from a supernatural being in time and distress is an instinct of human nature。 Spurgeon stresses that by making a statement he doesn’t say that human nature and renewed ever offers true spiritual power or is able to exercise saving faith in our living God。 The Raven’s Cry Order and Argument in Prayer Pleading The Throne of Grace Exclamatory Prayer- example Of Nehemiah 2。 Praying Successfully 3。 The Golde 6 Books in One1。 The Power in Prayer Guaranteed to Succeed- He begins by saying “To seek aid from a supernatural being in time and distress is an instinct of human nature。 Spurgeon stresses that by making a statement he doesn’t say that human nature and renewed ever offers true spiritual power or is able to exercise saving faith in our living God。 The Raven’s Cry Order and Argument in Prayer Pleading The Throne of Grace Exclamatory Prayer- example Of Nehemiah 2。 Praying Successfully 3。 The Golden Key of Prayer4。 Finding Peace in Life’s Storms5。 The Practice of Praise6。 Power over Satan 。。。more

Cathy ，

The Power in Prayer: 3I struggled with this book more than other Charles Spurgeon books that I've enjoyed， and even quit reading it for a time。 I'm glad I came back to it because there were treasures in the end chapters。 One of the reasons that I love to read Spurgeon's works is because it's often an act of worship， of remembering Who God is and pausing to be dazzled by His attributes。 I also like the encouragements to pray。On discussing the Lord's prayer， "Our Father， Who art in heaven， hallowe The Power in Prayer: 3I struggled with this book more than other Charles Spurgeon books that I've enjoyed， and even quit reading it for a time。 I'm glad I came back to it because there were treasures in the end chapters。 One of the reasons that I love to read Spurgeon's works is because it's often an act of worship， of remembering Who God is and pausing to be dazzled by His attributes。 I also like the encouragements to pray。On discussing the Lord's prayer， "Our Father， Who art in heaven， hallowed be Thy name 。。。" Spurgeon wrote， "For our Father is still be be regarded as King。 In prayer we come not only to our Father's feet， but also to the throne of the Great Monarch of the universe。 The mercy seat is a throne， and we must not forget this。。。 Familiarity there may be， but let it not be unhallowed。 Boldness there should be， but let it not be impertinent。" "We do not pray to God to instruct Him as to what He ought to do。"That would've been important to note first rather than later， because it got lost in the earlier chapter "Order and Argument in Prayer。" In it， Spurgeon talked about the various arguments people of the Bible used in their prayers。 "Arguing" with God sounded too strong to me。 What's the purpose of arguing with Someone both all-knowing and all-powerful？ That made it sound as if God were antagonistic towards our prayers。 I would've called these "reasons" rather than "arguments。" Reasons for us to ask or reasons for us to hope or even reasons for us to plead。 But we would not be able to out-argue， out-reason， or out-logic God。 Spurgeon pointed out that in Nehemiah 2:4， "Nehemiah， however， felt that if he were alarmed， it was a reason for praying， not for forgetting to pray。" I have been so rattled in various crises before that I didn't seem to be able to pray at once， but later， as I calmed down。 I like the reminder to pray anyway。I liked his list of Biblical prayers to pray towards the end of one's life。 Who knows？ I may stop back by this list sometime:"O Lord 。。。 hide not Thy face from me。" Psalm 143:7"O God， Be not far from me。" Psalm 22:11"Lord Jesus， receive my spirit。" Acts 7:59Praying Successfully: 4I liked this book better than Charles Spurgeon's "The Power in Prayer，" and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to think more about prayer and actually pray。"Remarkably， Psalm 50:15 was originally written to those who had mocked God。 They had presented their sacrifices without a true heart。 Yet the Lord said to each of them， 'Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee， and thou shalt glorify Me。'" Amazing， and I am so glad that God has the same heart for us today。At first， it didn't look clear to me that Spurgeon referred to delivering us after death， as well as delivering us from this or that in our lives here， but later on in the chapter， it became clear that he included death and going to jesus as part of one means of deliverance。I especially enjoyed reading Spurgeon's chapter "Pleading， not Contradiction，" about the woman of Matthew 15:27， because it's a "problem" passage， or an uncomfortable passage not often taught about， that I've wondered about。 Jesus seemed uncharacteristically harsh or stand-offish to the woman who came to him wanting a demon cast out of her daughter。 The only other people He was harsh to were the legalistic， hypocritical Pharisees that kept people from God。 But we are not told what this woman did， if anything， to deserve His rebuke。She had asked for a miracle， and He'd first ignored her， telling his disciples， "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel。" Then， He replied directly to her， "It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs。" This sounds very uncharacteristically racist of Jesus。 After all， He met the Samaritan woman at the well， and He praised a Roman soldier saying that He hadn't found such a great faith in all of Israel。 So， I don't think that racism is the motive for this。 In fact， I wonder 。。。 and this is just pure conjecture on my part 。。。 if she had something in common with the Pharisees and been arrogant or had been as racist towards the Jews as some of them had been towards her， and had called them dogs。 I wondered if Jesus had been echoing her own earlier words back to her， making her realize that she was now asking for the help of a Jew， and seeing if she would accept the rebuke in humility。Spurgeon didn't touch that possibility or conjecture， but he did have a few good thoughts and reminders on the matter: "Jesus knew her well， and He knew that she could stand the trial and would be greatly benefited by it。。。 She would not be driven away。 She persevered， she advanced nearer， she actually turned the rebuff into a plea。。。 First， agree with the Lord， whatever He says。。。 Second， plead 。。 And third， have faith in the Lord， no matter what He says。""She did not say， 'It is hard，' or 'It is unkind，' but， 'It is true。'""You will never come into perfect peace if you are in a contradicting mood， for that is a proud and unacceptable condition of mind。 He who reads the Bible to find fault with it will soon discover that the Bible finds fault with him。" That statement got my attention， because I did feel in a contradicting mood， not towards the Bible， but towards others， having felt unfairly treated， harshly questioned， and had the happenstance of circumstance against me。 Even worse， my "contradicting mood" had caused me to snap at someone else， who， while not acting graciously， was not really the cause of my frustrations， either。 Spurgeon's statement made me pause and reflect that if I wanted a more peaceful frame of mind for myself， if I wanted more of a peaceful relationship with them， I needed to get out of this "contradicting mood，" and after， sulking a bit to nurse my wounds， I went and apologized。"The Bible never gives unrenewed human nature a good description， nor does it deserve one。""Great faith is always the sister of great humility。""Beloved， do not dispute the rights of the eternal God。"And finally， Spurgeon did do a little conjecture on what might've driven the thought-process of the woman who replied so humbly to Jesus， "The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table。" （Matthew 15:27）:Spurgeon's conjecture: "He is a shepherd for lost sheep。 Whatever His flock may be， He is a shepherd， and He has tremendous compassion for poor lost sheep。 Surely I can look to Him with confidence。""If my daughter were healed， it would be a great and blessed thing to me， but to Him it would be no more than a crumb from His table。"I had a minor disagreement with Spurgeon when he quoted 2 Peter 1:20， "No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation。" True。 But he used the verse to indicate that all scriptural promises apply to all of us。 I would differ。 Yes， the scripture doesn't mean only whatever we want it to mean in our private lives。 God had a specific purpose for it。 I'll agree with that。But， the context of various promises made it clear that they were for specific people。 If we considered the promises to Abraham， for example， because Spurgeon brought him up and mentioned some of the promises to him， so， if we consider Abraham， we have not all been promised that we will all be the father of many nations。 That would be a little strange， that there were so many Jewish nations。 Or that Sarah would bear to each of us a son from the promise - that would be absurd - or that all nations on earth would be blessed through all our descendants。 While we might hope and ask for that promise， it happened to Abraham's descendants， who blessed us， both in the Jewish culture blessing us， and even more so， in Jesus blessing us with salvation。So， we do need to be careful to know the context and conditions for each Biblical promise。 There are truly some promises written for us all。 When I think of promises for us all， I think of Acts 2:38-39。There are certainly other promises， too， for us all。 But there were also promises specific to the person being told and we need to be careful with that， with claiming what hasn't been offered to us or designed for us。 Of course， we can ask， and God often does answer because He really does enjoy blessing us， but it seems dangerous to me to presume。"The Golden Key of Prayer": 4"His asking is a mere matter of form; his heart is not in his worship。 He buys a book containing what are called forms of prayer， and he repeats these。 He has discovered that repeating is easier than praying and it demands no thought。" I thought it was funny that Spurgeon wrote this quote in "Praying Successfully" and yet also wrote this book， "The Golden Key of Prayers，" which was a book of his own prayers。 But， I understand the point。 Such books can contain motivations to pray and reminders to pray and reminders of topics to pray， but merely repeating words， without talking to God about them， is not praying。 The quote was a good reminder to make our own prayers。Spurgeon's "The Golden Key of Prayer" included 26 of Spurgeon's prayers。 I was disappointed when I came to the epilogue that there weren't more of his prayers。 Usually when I reach the end of any book， I'm eager to be done with it and to start something new。 So it's telling that I felt uncharacteristic disappointment not to find more。He prayed for so many things that I seldom thought about， or so many things that I hadn't thought through quite like that。 I found myself praying this piece for so-and-so who had a similar problem， or sometimes rewording the prayers more suited to my situations， or sometimes， I couldn't say more than just， "Amen， Lord。"He prayed regularly for people not only for the sick， which is the main requests one finds in church prayer groups。 But， Spurgeon prayed for people to come to saving knowledge of Jesus， for those in government authority， for missionaries and churches， for those in a wide variety of troubles。 And yet each of his prayers are not redundant。 They don't have pet phrases repeated ad infinum， but each prayer was fresh and different， although most were not remarkable， except in their scope。 I liked using them as a guide for what to pray。 One could definitely tell that Spurgeon had a heart for prayer and that he believed in it。I will copy over this prayer because I ended up copying it in two other places， to ponder over and to pray。 If I've thought about it so much， it probably deserves mention here: "Oh dear Savior， do not be impatient with us but still school us at Your feet， until at last we will have learned some of the sublime lessons of self-sacrifice， meekness， humility， fervor， boldness， and love， which Your life is fit to teach us。 O Lord， we implore You， mold us into Your own image。"The reason that quote stuck with me was because I sometimes feel overwhelmed with others' needs and lack of basic knowledge。 But I want to be as patient with them as Jesus has been with me - which is， in itself， an overwhelming thought because His patience has been so vast。 The thought reminded me that just as we want to forgive as we've been forgiven， we should also be patient as we've been shown patience。As for the epilogue that I was sorry to see coming， it had some good thoughts as well。 I especially liked "'Pray without ceasing' （1 Thess。 5:17）， though my words fail me and my heart itself wanders， I will stammer out the wishes of my hungering soul and say， 'O God， at least teach me to pray ， and help me to prevail with You。"It's encouraging to me to know that sometimes even Spurgeon didn't know what to pray or couldn't stay focused。 It's ironic that he prayed about even that。 His quote made me think of my church's prayer group， where， often I find I have little to say other than "Amen" to the others' prayers。 Throughout the week， I think I should like them to agree with me on prayer for this or that topic， but when the time comes to pray， my mind is empty of what to say。 I am definitely not a praying Spurgeon， and yet corporate prayer does enhearten us。Finding Peace in Life's Storms: 5I liked the Biblical promises of hope in the life to come。 I imagine someone protesting that this chapter doesn't talk much about hopes here and now， or even that Spurgeon doesn't have enough faith for temporal hopes for this life。 But I find Spurgeon's list of hopes realistic and， well， hopeful。 We all will die one day。I loved the hope in Jesus being an anchor for our souls and that Spurgeon detailed what all it meant for God to be our God in "God， even our own God， shall bless us。 God shall bless us。" - Ps 67:6-7 I also loved the study on patience。 It came just after a few moments of impatience for me。Spurgeon sounded less Calvinistic than he sometimes did in other books， even arguing against a few of its more extreme tenets and stating， "Remember that it is not a matter of opinion as to what you like or do not like， as to what you think or do not think。 You must turn to the Bible， and if you find it there， you must believe it。" He tried balancing one verse against another， telling， "Now you may say， 'I cannot reconcile the two。' There are a great many other things that you cannot do。 God knows where these two things meet， even though you do not， and I hope you do not intent to wait until you are a philosopher before you will be saved。"The Joy in Praising God:4On the topic of the verse， "By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is， the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name，" （Hebrews 13:15）， Spurgeon wrote， "Fruit is a natural product。 It grows without force; it is the free outcome of the plant。 So let praise grow out of you lips at its own sweet will。 Let it be as natural to you， as regenerated men and women， to praise God as it seems to be natural to profane men to blaspheme His sacred name。"But I have to say that praise hasn't seemed natural to me。 It's always something I have to cultivate， something I have to be conscious about。 It's just easier for me to focus on my problems and prayer requests than it is God's amazing power and strength。 But I find that I do need to lift my eyes above my circumstances。 Other than that， I don't have much to say about this book， other than "Yes， God is good。"Satan: A Defeated Foe -4"Oftentimes the development of evil is an indication that there is an equal or a greater development of good。" Spurgeon studied a couple of those times， that he had witnessed among others， as he ministered: right before they came to Jesus， or were in the process of coming to Him， and right before they died。 Although I don't see any Biblical backing for that， it made sense to me。 "It is very remarkable that some of the greatest of the saints have died in the midst of the most fearful conflicts for the same reason: the dog howled at them because he knew that they would soon be out of his reach。" Spurgeon reminded us not to pay attention to the howling dog， because we would soon be safe。 。。。more

Justin Mohr ，

Best Christian book i ever read。

Kim ，

I love this book and will read again。。。。and keep handy for info， marked this one up！！

Laura ，

There are not enough stars for this one！

Hester Beukes ，

The book does well to capture that effective prayer is an institution of God。

Kim ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Will add comment when done with book。

Tesfaye ，

to finish early as much as possible

Prince Oricha ，

Great！

Jennifer ，

Collection of Spurgeon's sermons on prayer and also some of his prayers， which are among the most beautiful I have ever read。 His command of the English language is poetic。 An example， and a prayer revalent to today -- we would say， "Lord， help those who are out of work。" Spurgeon says， "Quicken the wheels of commerce so that the many who are out of employment may no longer be crying for work and bread。" His sermons are well organized with many salient points expressed in picturesque language。 T Collection of Spurgeon's sermons on prayer and also some of his prayers， which are among the most beautiful I have ever read。 His command of the English language is poetic。 An example， and a prayer revalent to today -- we would say， "Lord， help those who are out of work。" Spurgeon says， "Quicken the wheels of commerce so that the many who are out of employment may no longer be crying for work and bread。" His sermons are well organized with many salient points expressed in picturesque language。 This was a pleasure to read。 。。。more

Atozhenry ，

Collections of Spurgeon's sermons on prayer and spiritual warfare。 "The Raven's Cry" and "Satan Considers Saints" are some of the money （not literally， but "money" = good） sermons that are included in this book。 Collections of Spurgeon's sermons on prayer and spiritual warfare。 "The Raven's Cry" and "Satan Considers Saints" are some of the money （not literally， but "money" = good） sermons that are included in this book。 。。。more

Laura ，

Spurgeon on Prayer & Spiritual Warfare （0） by C。 H。 Spurgeon （1998）

Tracy ，

Wonderful。 I will read this again。 You know when people ask that question， "Who would you want to meet if you could meet anybody whether they have died or are still living？" I would want to meet Spurgeon。 Wonderful。 I will read this again。 You know when people ask that question， "Who would you want to meet if you could meet anybody whether they have died or are still living？" I would want to meet Spurgeon。 。。。more

Elaine ，

read it over and over

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