Quotes by John Wesley
John Wesley (1703–1791) — Gründer des Methodismus · Methodistisch · England
John Wesley (1703–1791) war ein englischer Theologe, anglikanischer Priester und der Begründer der methodistischen Erweckungsbewegung. Er stand für die Verkündigung freier Gnade, praktische Heiligung und soziales Engagement, stieß jedoch mit seinen Predigten im Freien und eigenmächtigen Ordinationen auf heftigen kirchenrechtlichen Widerstand. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Ausleger, der theologische Reflexion und persönliche Glaubenserfahrung eng mit einer tatkräftigen Nächstenliebe verknüpft.
Era: Revival & the 19th Century
Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Wisdom & Understanding, Prayer & Silence, Church & Congregation, Discipleship, Love, Humility & Pride, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Quotes by John Wesley
I have often regretted judging too severely, but rarely regretted being too merciful.
John Wesley
You can be as orthodox as the devil himself, and just as ungodly.
John Wesley
Best of all, God is with us.
John Wesley
Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.
John Wesley
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
I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.
John Wesley
Faith is love, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. It is the most joyful and cheerful thing in the world. It is utterly incompatible with gloominess, moroseness and hardness of heart.
John Wesley
Pray, whether you can or not, whether you are joyful or sorrowful. Pray, with many words, with few words, or with no words at all. Surely you will receive an answer that gives you peace.
John Wesley
Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man that can comprehend the triune God.
John Wesley
Tell me how there can be three candles in the room and only one light, and then I will explain the Trinity.
John Wesley
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
Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for Him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than His love, and the desire of pleasing Him.
John Wesley
Jesus weeps and loves me still.
John Wesley
The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples
John Wesley
Be beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
John Wesley
Beware of sinking into gloomy thoughts. You are surrounded by ten thousand mercies. Let them move you to humble gratitude.
John Wesley
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 and as long as you can.
John Wesley
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
But though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry, because I never undertake any more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit.
John Wesley
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
Whatever enemies you may have, it is enough that you have one Friend who is more powerful than they all. Let him alone reign in your heart.
John Wesley
God is so great that he lends greatness even to the smallest things done for his sake.
John Wesley
Carry the cross, and it will carry you.
John Wesley
In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.
John Wesley
God’s command to "pray without ceasing" is founded on the necessity we have of His grace to preserve the life of God in the soul, which can no more subsist one moment without it, than the body can without air.
John Wesley
I judge all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.
John Wesley
Prayer is where the action is.
John Wesley
Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.
John Wesley
Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart.
John Wesley
A person may go to church twice a day, partake of the Lord's Supper, pray in private as much as he can, attend every service, hear many sermons, and read all the books that exist about Christ. But still, he must be born again.
John Wesley
Whenever it pleased God to do something great on earth, he has more or less departed from the beaten path.
John Wesley
What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.
John Wesley
The more a person is filled with the life of God, the more lovingly he will be concerned for those who still live without God in the world.
John Wesley
Passion and prejudice govern the world — under the name of reason.
John Wesley
I will not allow a bird to praise God before I do, and that is why I get up at four in the morning.
John Wesley
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
The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.
John Wesley
I have thought I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit come from God, and returning to God, just hovering over the great gulf, till a few moments hence, I am no more seen; I drop into an unchangeable eternity! I want to know one thing – the way to heaven, how to land safely on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the way; for this very end He came from heaven. He has written it down in a book. O give me that Book at any price, give me the Book of God!
John Wesley
The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.
John Wesley
God has given us our reason as a guide. But this never excludes the quiet cooperation of his Spirit.
John Wesley
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