A Lecture for Little-Faith

Spurgeon opens by affirming that praising God is not optional but a genuine duty for every Christian, then turns his attention to the problem of "little faith" — describing the many Christians, like Bunyan's characters Ready-to-halt and Mr. Fearing, who are genuinely saved but live in constant doubt, worry, and spiritual timidity, never enjoying the security that is already theirs. He walks through the real disadvantages of weak faith: it steals joy, makes a person feel unsafe even when they are perfectly safe, leaves them vulnerable to temptation, and turns every day into an experience of gloom rather than gladness. He then offers several practical remedies for growing stronger faith — meditating deeply on God's promises, recording and remembering answered prayers, spending time with mature believers, dying to self-reliance, embracing trials rather than avoiding them, putting faith to work in service, and above all maintaining close communion with Christ — promising that diligent cultivation of these habits can lead a believer all the way to a settled, unshakable confidence in God's love.Sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on July 18, 1858.