Oh, without prayer what are the church's agencies, but the stretching …

Charles Spurgeon
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Oh, without prayer what are the church's agencies, but the stretching out of a dead man's arm, or the lifting up of the lid of a blind man's eye? Only when the Holy Spirit comes is there any life and force and power. ✨ Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series, Baker Publishing Group
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