Why, see what accumulated force there is in prayer, when one after another pours out his vehement desires; when many seem to be tugging at the rope; when many seem to be knocking mercy’s gate; when the mighty cries of many burning hearts come up to heaven. When, my beloved, you go and shake the very gates thereof with the powerful battering-ram of a holy vehemence, and sacred importunity, then is it that the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. When first one, and then another, and yet another, throws his whole soul into the prayer, the kingdom of heaven is conquered and the victory becomes great indeed.
C.H. Spurgeon

Spurgeon PS0511

Spurgeon PS0511 EXPOSITION. Joy is the privilege of the believer. When sinners are destroyed our rejoicing shall be full. They laugh first and weep ever after; we weep now, but…

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Spurgeon PS0510

Spurgeon PS0510 EXPOSITION. "_Against thee_:" not against _me_. If they were _my_ enemies I would forgive them, but I cannot forgive thine. We are to forgive our enemies, but God's…

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Spurgeon PS0509

Spurgeon PS0509 EXPOSITION. This description of depraved man has been copied by the Apostle Paul, and, together with some other quotations, he has placed it in the second chapter of…

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Spurgeon PS0508

Spurgeon PS0508 EXPOSITION. Now we come to the second part, in which the Psalmist repeats his arguments. and goes over the same ground again. "_Lead me, O Lord_," as a…

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Spurgeon PS0507

Spurgeon PS0507 EXPOSITION. With this verse the first part of the Psalm ends. The Psalmist has bent his knee in prayer: he has described before God, as an argument for…

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Spurgeon PS0504

Spurgeon PS0504 EXPOSITION. And now the Psalmist having thus expressed his resolution to pray, you hear him putting up his prayer. He is pleading against his cruel and wicked enemies.…

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Spurgeon PS0503

Spurgeon PS0503 EXPOSITION. Observe, this is not so much a prayer as a resolution, "'_My voice shalt thou hear_,' I will not be dumb, I will not be silent, I…

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Spurgeon PS0502

Spurgeon PS0502 EXPOSITION. "_The voice of my cry_." In another Psalm we find the expression, "The voice of my weeping." Weeping has a voice--a melting, plaintive tone, an ear-piercing shrillness,…

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Spurgeon PS0501

Spurgeon PS0501 TITLE.--"_To the Chief Musician upon Nehiloth, a Psalm of David_." The Hebrew word Nehiloth is taken from another word, signifying "to perforate," "to bore through," whence it comes…

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Spurgeon PS048

Spurgeon PS048 EXPOSITION. Sweet Evening Hymn! I shall not sit up to watch through fear, but I will _lie down_; and then I will not lie awake listening to every…

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