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I asked long ago,'What must I do to be saved?' The Scripture answered, 'Keep the commandments, believe, hope, love.' I was early warned against laying, as the Papists do, too much stress on outward works, or on a faith without works, which as it does not include, so it will never lead to true hope or charity.
- John Wesley
Collection: Faith
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God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.
- John Wesley
Collection: God
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I have not that joy in the Holy Ghost, no settled, lasting joy; nor have I such a peace as excludes the possibility either of fear or doubt.
- John Wesley
Collection: Peace
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Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.
- John Wesley
Collection: God
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Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
- John Wesley
Collection: Good
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I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.
- John Wesley
Collection: Peace
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As for reputation, though it be a glorious instrument of advancing our Master's service, yet there is a better than that: a clean heart, a single eye, and a soul full of God. A fair exchange if, by the loss of reputation, we can purchase the lowest degree of purity of heart.
- John Wesley
Collection: God
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When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man, when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!
- John Wesley
Collection: Hope
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I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation, and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
- John Wesley
Collection: Trust
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The best thing of all is God is with us.
- John Wesley
Collection: Best
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I know that I had not faith, unless the faith of a devil, the faith of Judas, that speculative, notional, airy shadow, which lives in the head, not in the heart. But what is this to the living, justifying faith, the faith that cleanses from sin?
- John Wesley
Collection: Faith
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Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.
- John Wesley
Collection: Money
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Is it not hard that even those who are with us should be against us - that a man's enemies, in some degree, should be those of the same household of faith? Yet so it is.
- John Wesley
Collection: Faith
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I cannot think that when God sent us into the world, he had irreversibly decreed that we should be perpetually miserable in it. If our taking up the Cross imply our bidding adieu to all joy and satisfaction, how is it reconcilable with what Solomon expressly affirms of religion, that 'her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace?'
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Collection: Peace
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In a storm, I think, 'What if the gospel be not true? Then thou art, of all men, most foolish. For what has thou given up thy goods, thy ease, thy friends, thy reputation, thy country, thy life?'
- John Wesley
Collection: Art
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Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.
- John Wesley
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I went to America to convert the Indians, but, oh, who shall convert me? Who, what, is he that will deliver me from this evil heart of unbelief?
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Prayer is where the action is.
- John Wesley
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I the chief of sinners am, but Jesus died for me.
- John Wesley
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I look upon the whole world as my parish.
- John Wesley
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I plainly felt that, had God given me such a retirement with the companion I desired, I should have forgotten the work for which I was born and have set up my rest in this world.
- John Wesley
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I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know are yea and amen.
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I saw that giving even all my life to God (supposing it possible to do this and go no further) would profit me nothing unless I gave my heart, yea, all my heart, to Him.
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I reflected much on that vain desire, which had pursued me for so many years, of being in solitude in order to be a Christian. I have now, thought I, solitude enough; but am I therefore the nearer being a Christian? Not if Jesus Christ be the model of Christianity.
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O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!
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The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.
- John Wesley
Collection: Church
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Whosoever will reign with Christ in heaven, must have Christ reigning in him on earth
- John Wesley
Collection: Heaven
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What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.
- John Wesley
Collection: Religion
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Condemn no man for not thinking as you think. Let every one enjoy the full and free liberty of thinking for himself. Let every man use his own judgment, since every man must give an account of himself to God. Abhor every approach, in any kind or degree, to the spirit of persecution, if you cannot reason nor persuade a man into the truth, never attempt to force a man into it. If love will not compel him to come, leave him to God, the judge of all.
- John Wesley
Collection: Men
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Lord, I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will. Let be employed by You or laid aside for You, exalted for You or brought low by You. Let me have all things, let me have nothing, I freely and heartily yield all things to Your pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are mine and I am Yours. So be it. Amen.
- John Wesley
Collection: Father
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Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart.
- John Wesley
Collection: Heart
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I have never known more than fifteen minutes of anxiety or fear. Whenever I feel fearful emotions overtaking me, I just close my eyes and thank God that He is still on the throne reigning over everything and I take comfort in His control over the affairs of my life.
- John Wesley
Collection: Eye
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We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.
- John Wesley
Collection: Judging
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I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out.
- John Wesley
Collection: Europe
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Get on fire for God and men will come and see you burn.
- John Wesley
Collection: Men
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Reading Christians are growing Christians. When Christians cease to read, they cease to grow.
- John Wesley
Collection: Christian
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In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.
- John Wesley
Collection: Church
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I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field.
- John Wesley
Collection: Book
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People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.
- John Wesley
Collection: People
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My fear is not that our great movement, known as the Methodists, will eventually cease to exist or one day die from the earth. My fear is that our people will become content to live without the fire, the power, the excitement, the supernatural element that makes us great.
- John Wesley
Collection: Fire
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Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.
- John Wesley
Collection: Prayer
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I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.
- John Wesley
Collection: Mother
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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
Collection: Love
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Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God.
- John Wesley
Collection: God Love
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Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God’s money will I keep for myself?
- John Wesley
Collection: Giving
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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
Collection: Christian
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Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul.
- John Wesley
Collection: Soul
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Let me do all the good I can, to all the people I can, as often as I can, for I shall not pass this way again.
- John Wesley
Collection: People
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Beware you are not a fiery, persecuting enthusiast. Do not imagine that God has called you (just contrary to the spirit of Him you style your Master) to destroy men’s lives, and not to save them. Never dream of forcing men into the ways of God. Think yourself, and let think. Use no constraint in matters of religion. Even those who are farthest out of the way never compel to come in by any other means than reason, truth, and love.
- John Wesley
Collection: Dream
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You have nothing to do but to save souls; therefore spend and be spent in this work.
- John Wesley
Collection: Soul

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