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"We are joyful to think that not an angel bows in the courts of heaven who would refuse to perform the will of Jesus our Lord, and not a devil howls and bites his iron bonds in the nethermost hell who can effectually resist the purpose of the Crucified." - Charles Spurgeon

"When he overcomes our raging passions, and controls our emotions and thoughts, then are we joyful in our King. Not merely as a Saviour but as a King we delight in him." - Charles Spurgeon

"We are to be joyful in our King. And it is most fit that we should be so. There is nothing unreasonable in the exhortation. There is no more legitimate subject for joy in the universe." - Charles Spurgeon

"[…]if I live I will thank him, if I die I will thank him, but I will always thank him, for he is always a good God and deserves to be thanked.” May we get to just that state of heart, until the excellence of our King shall be our most prominent thought[…]" - Charles Spurgeon

"The thought of his coming down from heaven to suffer for our sins, the remembrance of his life of holiness, and his substitutionary death of sorrow, these, I say, have won our hearts to deepest admiration." - Charles Spurgeon

"May the Spirit dwell in us so richly that for us to live may be Christ and not self at all. May we count all things but loss for Christ’s sake." - Charles Spurgeon

"The citizen of Zion is content to be poor, to be unknown, or to be obscure, if the Prince of the house of David be but glorified." - Charles Spurgeon

"[…]our greatest joy is to hear of saved souls in whom he[Christ] is glorified, to see him revealing his healing power among the sons of men, and the sons of men acknowledging that healing power by yielding themselves to his service." - Charles Spurgeon

"Christian loyalty finds music in the name, and heaven in the person of King Jesus." - Charles Spurgeon

"We will receive evil from his hand as thankfully as good, for that which appears evil we are well assured is good if he ordains it." - Charles Spurgeon

"If we be his followers, come fair, come foul, come life, come death, none shall ever divide us f from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Charles Spurgeon

Smile on or frown, It lasts but for a day. And when that day is gone, Both siles and frowns decay. - CHS, #66, “Above The World” buff.ly/48h9luZ

"The children of Zion are loyal to their King; they delight to think that “the Lord reigneth;” they are glad that he has set his King upon the holy hill of Zion." - Charles Spurgeon

"Children of Zion, you are the people who should be joyful in our King, and there are sacred principles within you which make it certain that you will be." - Charles Spurgeon

"I shall pray that those who have tasted longest that God is gracious, may utter the loudest notes of thanksgiving, that so the younger pilgrims may learn from them, and be strengthened and comforted by their joyful example." - Charles Spurgeon

"As our latter days are nearer the land of light, let them be fuller of song. Let us begin below the music which shall be prolonged through eternity." - Charles Spurgeon

"He who ends this life with praising God will begin the next life with the same delightful employment." - Charles Spurgeon

"All the force and the energy of sacred minstrelsy is laid under contribution that Jehovah may be extolled." - Charles Spurgeon

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Check out The Spurgeon Library sermon of the week, “Our King, Our Joy", by Charles Spurgeon, delivered on November 27, 1870, at Metropolitan Tabernacle. All quotes for this week will be from this resource. spurgeon.org/resource-libra…