Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a preacher in London during the greater part of the 1800s. He is said to have preached to ten million people over the course of his lifetime and cared for over 14,000 members during his 38 years behind the pulpit.

Yet, it was said that when guests walked through the Metropolitan Tabernacle, they were sure to be taken to the basement prayer room where people were always in prayer interceding on behalf of Spurgeon and the body.

Spurgeon was a prayer warrior and he taught the church the necessity of prayer. In this collection of sermons, the reader will be encouraged by specific meditations upon Christ’s glory, Christ’s intercessory work, Christ’s promises, and Christ’s abiding presence (to name a few) to unfold the purpose, means, power, and delight of prayer. 

The Power of Prayer in a Believer’s Life contains twelve insightful chapters on prayer selected from over hundreds of sermons Spurgeon preached on prayer. No chapter will disappoint.

Spurgeon builds each topic on prayer from a specific text of Scripture and then squeezes the spiritual truths from every phrase. In so doing, he mines a vast wealth of spiritual riches from each passage of Scripture.

At this point I would like to step out of the way and allow Spurgeon’s own words convince you of the tremendous spiritual wealth in this book. The first chapter begins with the object of our prayers.

The text is simply stated: “The throne of grace” – Hebrews 4:16. Spurgeon writes:

“My desire is that your soul may be led to come to the Throne of Grace. In addressing the text, I shall bring it to you this way. First, here is a throne. Second, here is grace. We will then put the two together, and we shall see grace on a throne. Putting them together in another order, we shall then see sovereignty manifesting itself and resplendent in grace.”

The following are excerpts from here is a throne and grace enthroned:

My heart, be sure that you prostrate yourself in such a presence. If He is so great, place your mouth in the dust before Him, for He is the most powerful of all kings. His throne has sway in all worlds. Heaven obeys Him cheerfully, hell trembles at His frown, and earth is constrained to yield to Him worship, willingly or unwillingly. His power can create or destroy. My soul, be sure that when you draw near to the Omnipotent, who is as a consuming fire, put your shoes from off your feet and worship Him with lowliest humility (17).

If it is a throne, it should be approached with enlarged expectations. We do not come, as it were, in prayer only to where God dispenses His favors to the poor or to the backdoor of the house of mercy to receive the scraps, though that were more than we deserve. To eat the crumbs that fall from the Master’s table is more than we could claim. But when we pray, we are standing in the palace, on the glittering floor of the great King’s own reception room. In prayer we stand where angels bow with veiled faces (19). 

This is but a sampling of the rich text you will be treated to in this wonderful book by Spurgeon.