"There is no activity under heaven that is more exalting than praising God. However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise." (pg. 7)
"There is, perhaps, no exercise that, on the whole, strengthens us as much as praising God." (pg. 23)
"If we are always blessing the Lord, we will be saved from complaining; the spirit of discontent will be ejected by the spirit of thankfulness." (pg. 48)
"When your mind finds all its joy in God, then it is clear that God and you, as much as can be, are standing on the same plane and moving in the same direction. Then you will have the desire of your heart because the desire of your heart is the desire of God's heart. (pg. 74)
"...it does not matter what you think or what you know, unless it leads you to glorify God and to be thankful. In fact, your knowledge may be a millstone around your neck that will plunge you to eternal misery unless your knowledge is turned to holy practice." (p.g 148)
"No song is so sweet, I think, in the ear of God as the song of a man who blesses Him for grace he has not tasted yet - for what he has not received, but what he is sure will come. The praise of gratitude for the past is sweet, but that praise is sweeter that adores God for the future in full confidence that all will be well." (pg. 166)
Charles Spurgeon, The Power In Praising God (New Kensington, PA:Whitaker House, 1998)
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