PRAYER

Do you know how to pray? What to say? You feel like you don’t know how to pray––you can’t find the right words, or just can’t seem to get God’s attention. You will be encouraged by this treasury of devotional expressions from Charles Spurgeon. * His elegant prayers, beautiful in their simplicity, will invite you to be vulnerable before your Creator. * His profound trust in God will set an example for your own pursuit of a peaceful spirit. * His persistence in intercession will motivate you to pursue God in prayer. Perhaps, most importantly, this book will strengthen your faith as you receive God’s promise of faithfulness––His promise to hear your prayers.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892), the “Prince of Preachers,” preached his first sermon at age sixteen and became a pastor at age eighteen. Spurgeon drew large crowds and built the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London in 1861 to accommodate them. He published over two thousand sermons; his inspiring and challenging messages comprise the largest collection of work by a single author. Spurgeon preached to an estimated ten million people during his lifetime, including notables such as the prime minister of England, members of the royal family, and Florence Nightingale. He appealed constantly to his hearers to move on in the Christian faith, to allow the Lord to minister to them individually, and to be used of God to win the lost to Christ. In addition to his powerful preaching, Spurgeon founded and supported charitable outreaches, including educational institutions. His pastors’ college, which is still in existence today, taught nearly nine hundred students in Spurgeon’s time. He also founded the famous Stockwell Orphanage.