We hear much in our day of the rest of faith, but there is such a thing as the fight of faith in prayer as well as in effort. Those who would have us think that they have attained to some sublime height of faith and trust because they never know any agony of conflict or of prayer, have surely gotten beyond their Lord, and beyond the mightiest victors for God, both in effort and prayer, that the ages of Christian history have known. When we learn to come to God with an intensity of desire that wrings the soul, then shall we know a power in prayer that most of us do not know now.
R.A. Torrey

Spurgeon PS125

Spurgeon PS125 EXPOSITION. In due season the Lord will hear his elect ones, who cry day and night unto him, and though he bear long with their oppressors, yet will…

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Spurgeon PS123

Spurgeon PS123 EXPOSITION. Total destruction shall overwhelm the lovers of flattery and pride, but meanwhile how they hector and fume! Well did the apostle call them "raging waves of the…

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Spurgeon PS121

Spurgeon PS121 TITLE. This Psalm is headed, "_To the Chief Musician upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David_," which title is identical with that of the sixth Psalm, except that Neginoth…

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Spurgeon PS114

Spurgeon PS114 EXPOSITION. David here declares the great source of his unflinching courage. He borrows his light from heaven--from the great central orb of deity. The God of the believer…

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Spurgeon PS111

Spurgeon PS111 SUBJECT.--Charles Simeon gives an excellent summary of this Psalm in the following sentences:--"The Psalms are a rich repository of experimental knowledge. David, at the different periods of his…

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Spurgeon PS1016

Spurgeon PS1016 EXPOSITION. The Psalm ends with a song of thanksgiving to the great and everlasting King, because he has granted the desire of his humble and oppressed people, has…

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Spurgeon PS1015

Spurgeon PS1015 EXPOSITION. In this verse we hear again the burden of the Psalmist's prayer: "_Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man_." Let the sinner lose…

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Spurgeon PS1013

Spurgeon PS1013 EXPOSITION. In these verses (#13,14,15|) the description of the wicked is condensed, and the evil of his character traced to its source, viz., atheistical ideas with regard to…

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Spurgeon PS1012

Spurgeon PS1012 EXPOSITION. With what bold language will faith address its God! and yet what unbelief is mingled with our strongest confidence. Fearlessly the Lord is stirred up to arise…

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Spurgeon PS1011

Spurgeon PS1011 EXPOSITION. As upon the former count, so upon this one; a witness is forthcoming, who has been listening at the keyhole of the heart. Speak up, friend, and…

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