“Enquire in the house of Judas for one called

Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth.”—

Acts 9:11.
 
THESE words are the hall-mark of genuine
conversion. “Behold, he prayeth” is a surer
witness of a man’s conversion than, “Behold,
he singeth,” or, “Behold, he readeth the
Scripture,” or, “Behold, he preacheth.” These
things may be admirably done by men who are
not regenerate; but if, in God’s sense of the
term, a man really prays, we may know of a
surety that he has passed from death unto life.
True prayer is a sure evidence of spiritual
quickening: the Holy Ghost has put spiritual
life into the heart of the man who prays; for
prayer is the breath of heavenly life.
-Charles Spurgeon

We must not fight God’s battles

with the weapons of ill-will. For
us to hate those who are in error,
and talk of them with contempt
or wish them ill, or do them
wrong, is not according to the
Spirit of Christ. You cannot cast
out Satan by Satan, nor correct
error by violence, nor overcome
hate by hate. The conquering
weapon of the Christian is love;
-Charles Spurgeon