True prayer is the trading of the heart with God, and the heart never comes into spiritual commerce with the ports of heaven until God the Holy Ghost puts wind into the sails and speeds the ship into its haven.
Charles SpurgeonNothing that man can present to God by way of sacrifice can ever purchase the blessing of forgiveness.
Charles SpurgeonGod is so boundlessly pleased with Jesus that in him he is altogether well pleased with us.
Charles SpurgeonWe must remember that the GOAL of prayer is the ear of God. Unless that is gained, the prayer has utterly failed. The uttering of it may have kindled devotional feeling in our minds, the hearing of it may have comforted and strengthened the hearts of those with whom we have prayed, but if the prayer has not gained the heart of God, it has failed in its essential purpose.
Charles Spurgeon