A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy till it is doing something for Jesus Christ.
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True Repentance – George Whitefield
True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His law, and in His people.
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Behold How He Loves Us – George Whitefield
Press them to believe on Him immediately, intersperse prayers with your exhortations preacher and thereby call down fire from heaven even the fire of the Holy Ghost, speak every time my dear brother as if it were your last, weep out if possible every argument and as it were compel them to cry “behold how he loveth us”!
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Humility, Zeal, Love, and Focus – George Whitefield
God give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye—and then let men or devils do their worst.
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The Judge is at the Door – George Whitefield
The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him.
– George Whitefield –
God Give Me Humility, Zeal, Love, and Focus – George Whitefield
God give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst.
– George Whitefield –
No Other Peace Than a Cross – George Whitefield
All I can say is I look for perpetual conflicts and struggles in this life, and I hope for no other peace, only a cross, while on this side of eternity.
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The Definition of a Poor Sermon – George Whitefield
It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
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You Lack One Thing – George Whitefield
Yet lackest thou one thing; Go sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; he was grieved at that saying, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions!’ Poor youth! He had a good mind to be a Christian, and to inherit eternal life, but thought it too dear, if it could be purchased at no less an expense than of his estate! And thus many, both young and old, now-a-days, come running to worship our blessed Lord in public, and kneel before him in private, and inquire at his gospel, what they must do to inherit eternal life: but when they find they must renounce the self-enjoyment of riches, and forsake all in affection to follow him, they cry, ‘The Lord pardon us in this thing! We pray thee, have us excused’ … He will not!”
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