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• Before I can preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment. Preach 90% Law and 10% grace.

  John Wesley

  Christian, Law, Grace

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• Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul.

  John Wesley

  Soul, Your Soul

  John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.146

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• Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we may. Herein all the children of God may unite, notwithstanding these smaller differences.

  John Wesley

  Love, Children, Heart

  John Wesley (1980). “John Wesley”, p.93, Oxford University Press

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• Prayer is where the action is.

  John Wesley

  Prayer, Action

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• I judge all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.

  John Wesley

  Christian, Giving, Judging

  "The Law of Rewards: Giving What You Can't Keep to Gain What You Can't Lose". Book by Randy C. Alcorn, p. 18, 2003.

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• I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.

  John Wesley

  Mother, England, Christianity

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• Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?

  John Wesley

  Giving, Naked, Purpose

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• Making an open stand against all the ungodliness and unrighteousness which overspreads our land as a flood is one of the noblest ways of confessing Christ in the face of His enemies.

  John Wesley

  Land, Enemy, Way

  John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.461

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• One of the greatest evidences of God's love to those that love him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.

  John Wesley

  Christian, Grace, Bears

  John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.525

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• The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.

  John Wesley

  Prayer, Holiness, Neglect

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• I believe in my heart that faith in Jesus Christ can and will lead us beyond an exclusive concern for the well-being of other human beings to the broader concern for the well-being of the birds in our backyards, the fish in our rivers, and every living creature on the face of the earth.

  John Wesley

  Jesus, Believe, Heart

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• Do you know why that cow looks over that wall? She looks over the wall because she cannot see through it, and that is what you must do with your troubles... Look over and above them.

  John Wesley

  Wall, Attitude, Looks

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• When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.

  John Wesley

  Mistake, Past, Years

  John Wesley (1841). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.”, p.376

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• I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions.

  John Wesley

  Dream, Moving, Community

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• As long as you feel your own weakness and helplessness, you will find help from above.

  John Wesley

  Long, Weakness, Helping

  John Wesley (1924). “Sayings and Portraits of John Wesley”

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• You have one business on earth – to save souls.

  John Wesley

  Soul, Missionary, Earth

  John Wesley (1986). “The Bicentennial edition of the works: Sermons III”

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• By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin…by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin

  John Wesley

  Roots, Guilt, Sin

  John Wesley, John Emory (1835). “The Works of the Late Reverend John Wesley, A.M.: From the Latest London Edition with the Last Corrections of the Author, Comprehending Also Numerous Translations, Notes, and an Original Preface, Etc”, p.236

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• Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.

  John Wesley

  Humility, Be Patient, Proof

  John Wesley, Bp. John Emory, Thomas Jackson (1831). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Miscellaneous”, p.526

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• You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most. It is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many souls as you can; to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance.

  John Wesley

  Soul, Care, Needs

  John Wesley, John Emory (1853). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley”, p.219

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• Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.

  John Wesley

  Joy, Singing, Desire

  John Wesley “Wesley's Notes on the Bible - The Old Testament: Genesis - Ruth”, Lulu.com

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• Oh Lord, let me not live to be useless.

  John Wesley

  Christian, Useless, Lord

  1763 Journal entry, 22 Dec.

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• If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then 'Let your light shine to all.' Miss no opportunity to do good.

  John Wesley

  Opportunity, Light, Shining

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• The best of all is God with us

  John Wesley

  God With Us

  1791 Quoted in John Wesley's Journal, edited by Robert Backhouse (1993), p.256. John Wesley

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• O, Begin! Fix some part of every day for private exercises... Whether you like it or no, read and pray daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler all your days... Do justice to your own soul; give it time and means to grow. Do not starve yourself any longer.

  John Wesley

  Monday, Morning, Mean

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• Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.

  John Wesley

  Christian, Kindness, Mean

  'Rule of Conduct' in 'Letters' (1915)

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