6 March 2014

Susannah Spurgeon Quote

When I picked up a little book titled “Free Grace and Dying Love,” I couldn’t help but begin pouring over its pages. The first part is a collection of devotions by Susannah Spurgeon and the second part is a biography on her life.

Charles and Susannah Spurgeon’s story is a beautiful and inspiring one. They came together as one and faithfully served and sacrificed much to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and seek first His kingdom and righteousness. (She’s actually featured in one of our paper doll collections.)

Susannah’s writings in the collection of devotions is beautiful evidence of her great love of and submission to her Savior. While her life was far from trial-free, Susannah saw the goodness of the Lord through the afflictions and trusted in His good pleasure – the One “who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think” and “causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

A couple of my favorite quotes from this volume:

“Lord, You have told me who You are, You have in mercy revealed Yourself to me, I know You to be that blessed ‘gift of God’ which alone can save and satisfy my soul. The depth and compass of heavenly love are manifested in You, and You have shown me, not my need only, but the sufficiency of Your grace and power to meet it. I am an empty sinner, You are a full Christ!”

“The soul that has learned the blessed secret of seeing God’s hand in all that concerns it, cannot be a prey to fear, it looks beyond all second causes, straight into the heart and will of God, and rests content, because He rules.”

—Susannah Spurgeon

I need Christ in all things and I know that He is sufficient. He rules and reigns and I can rest content in Him. How thankful I am that, by the grace of God, I serve a full Christ!

Susannah Spurgeon Quote

“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
—Ephesians 3:20-21




  1. 8 Responses to “His Fullness”

  2. Margriet on Mar 6, 2014 said:

    Beautiful quotes! Thank you for sharing, I especially enjoyed the last one: “The soul that has learned the blessed secret of seeing God’s hand in all that concerns it, cannot be a prey to fear, it looks beyond all second causes, straight into the heart and will of God, and rests content, because He rules.” Beautiful!


  3. Shannon on Mar 6, 2014 said:

    Emily Rose,

    What a marvelous quotation, from what sounds like a marvelous book! In a world that is unable to “let go,” what a relief it is (or should be) to know we can rest without fear in our all-sufficient God.

    Thank you for that reminder! What a great way to start my day! :-)

    Blessings,
    Shannon


  4. Nela on Mar 6, 2014 said:

    Thank-you so much for posting this! It was very encouraging, and something that I need to be reminded of daily. :)


  5. Hannah Carrington on Mar 6, 2014 said:

    Beautiful quotes! Sounds like a wonderful book…


  6. Patty Page on Mar 6, 2014 said:

    I love that 2nd quote from Susanna Spurgeon—I’m sharing it on facebook today.


  7. Blessings! on Mar 7, 2014 said:

    Love the closing verse. “throughout all generations, forever and ever.” Absolutely fantastic! Have a great day. Sincerely, Mommy of two growing blessings & so much more!


  8. Hannah Overdorf on Mar 8, 2014 said:

    Hey Emily Rose!
    I don’t know if you recall me or my family at all (I’m Bethany, who is affectionately, and more publically known as “Joie” Smith’s sister), but I wanted to let you know that I have been both blessed and inspired by your blog/business endeavors and Christian witness. Keep up the good work!
    Hannah


  9. m. blair on Mar 13, 2014 said:

    this is so encouraging, emily rose! thank you for sharing! charles spurgeon’s “morning and evening” is also really beautiful. so gospel focused and culture-defying. it’s wonderful to me that the spurgeons wrote so long ago, and yet everything they wrote is still true today because it is so Scripture centered.




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