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  Sunday Mornings with Spurgeon	Posted on March 20, 2011	by Travis Charles Haddon Spurgeon was one of the greatest preachers of the 19th century. He pastored a church in London that actively evangelized its community. Following the scripture passage is a quotation from Spurgeon's book The Soul Winner which is still in print, and may also be read online here. This selection has to do with praying for lost souls to be saved. Pleading with God for lost souls to be saved should be high on every believer's prayer list.
  1 Timothy 2:1-6 – I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
  "One more thing, the soul-winner must master the art of prayer. You cannot bring souls to God if you go not to God yourself. You must get your battle-axe, and your weapons of war, from the armoury of sacred communication with Christ. If you are much alone with Jesus, you will catch His Spirit; you will be fired with the flame that burned in His breast, and consumed His life. You will weep with the tears that fell upon Jerusalem when He saw it perishing; and if you cannot speak so eloquently as He did, yet shall there be about what you say somewhat of the same power which in Him thrilled the hearts and awoke the consciences of men. My dear hearers, especially you members of the church, I am always so anxious lest any of you should begin to lie upon your oars, and take things easy in the matter's of God's kingdom. There are some of you – I bless you, and I bless God at the remembrance of you – who are in season, and out of season, in earnest for winning souls, and you are the truly wise; but I fear there are others whose hands are slack, who are satisfied to let me preach, but do not themselves preach; who take these seats, and occupy these pews, and hope the cause goes well, but that is all they do. "(Emphasis in the original.)
  Happily married. Blessed to raise three young men. Associate pastor of Rodgers Baptist Church.	View all posts by Travis →	This entry was posted in AM with Spurgeon, C.H. Spurgeon, Devotional, Prayer and tagged C.H. Spurgeon, Prayer, Soulwinning, The Soulwinner. Bookmark the permalink.	← Saturday Morning Cartoons
  One Response to Sunday Mornings with Spurgeon
  Greg says:	March 21, 2011 at 9:44 am	Thx, Travis… just as appropriate today as when he first preached it! Have a good week!