Charles Spurgeon: The Prince of Preachers’ Thanksgiving Quotes

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) remains one of the most revered figures in the history of the modern church, having earned the title “Prince of Preachers.” At the remarkable age of nineteen, he was called to pastor the New Park Street Chapel in London, a congregation that quickly outgrew its building under his dynamic and Christ-centered preaching. His sermons, known for their theological depth, powerful imagery, and direct appeal to the common person, were transcribed and published weekly, reaching a global audience. Beyond his 38 years of pulpit ministry at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Spurgeon founded a pastor’s college, an orphanage, and authored numerous books and commentaries that continue to be cherished for their spiritual insight and devotional warmth.

12 Quotes About Thanksgiving 

For each quote, we have provided scriptural support. Take time to read Spurgeon’s words and the biblical truths.

“Our thanksgiving is measured by the depth of our awareness of what we’ve been delivered from, and of the glorious blessings which we shall soon partake of.”

Colossians 1:13-14: He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Ephesians 1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.

“Let us daily give thanks for the wonders of God’s astounding love in saving us from sin and damnation.”

1 John 4:10: In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Psalm 107:1: Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

“The best way to show our thankfulness to God for saving us is to live a life wholly devoted to Him.”

Romans 12:1: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Colossians 3:17: And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

“We are debtors to God’s saving grace, and the very least we can do is to give Him endless thanks.”

2 Corinthians 9:15: Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Psalm 116:12: What shall I render to the LORD for all His benefits toward me?

“Those who have tasted the sweetness of pardon cannot but rejoice and give thanks. Gratitude is the soul’s natural response to God’s saving grace.”

Psalm 34:8: Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
Psalm 107:8-9: Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

“He who has been forgiven much–loves much and thanks much. True gratitude springs from a deep sense of what God has done for us in Christ.”

Luke 7:47: Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
Ephesians 2:4-5: But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).

“Oh, that we might always feel our utter dependence on God’s grace, for then our unceasing thanksgiving will rise like sweet incense to God.”

John 15:5: I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
Hebrews 13:15: Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.

“The more we realize the depth of our sin, and the more we marvel at the height of God’s mercy to us–the more thankfulness becomes the breath of our lives.”

Romans 7:24-25: O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Lamentations 3:22-23: Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

“Our thanksgiving should be as abundant as God’s saving grace. If He has saved us completely, let us thank Him endlessly.”

2 Corinthians 4:15: For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Psalm 100:4-5: Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.

“The greatest of all sins is ingratitude, and the greatest of all virtues is thanksgiving.”

Romans 1:21: Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Colossians 3:15: And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

“When we are thankful, we are not only expressing our gratitude to God, but we are also expressing our dependence on God. We are saying, I am nothing and You are everything.”

2 Corinthians 3:5: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.
Psalm 115:1: Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth.

“Oh, what a debt of love and gratitude we owe to the Lord who has redeemed us from the pit of destruction! Let our lives be psalms of thanksgiving to Him.”

Psalm 40:2-3: He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth—praise to our God.
Psalm 103:2-4: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies.

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