I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it. John Wesley More Quotes by John Wesley More Quotes From John Wesley I am never in a hurry, because I never undertake more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit. John Wesley calmness spirit perfect The best helps to growth in grace are the ill usage, the affronts, and the losses which befall us. We should receive them with all thankfulness, as preferable to all others, were it only on this account, that our will has no part therein. John Wesley grace christian loss They (the creatures) encourage us to imitate Him whose mercy is over all His works. It may enlarge our hearts toward these poor creatures to reflect that not one of them is forgotten in the sight of our Father which is in heaven. John Wesley sight heart father They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. Well, it ain't true. I only killed one man for snoring. John Wesley seven six men This earthly body is slow and heavy in all its motions, listless and soon tired with action. But our heavenly bodies shall be as fire; as active and as nimble as our thoughts are. John Wesley tired fire heaven Fierce and poisonous animals were created for terrifying man, in order that he might be made aware of the final judgment in hell. John Wesley animal men order Consider that all these torments of body and soul are without intermission. Be their suffering ever so extreme, be their pain ever so intense, there is no possibility of their fainting away, no, not for one moment ... They are all eye, all ear, all sense. Every instant of their duration it may be said of their whole frame that they are 'Trembling alive all o'er, and smart and agonize at every pore.' And of this duration there is no end ... Neither the pain of the body nor of soul is any nearer an end than it was millions of ages ago. John Wesley smart pain eye Any 'Christians' who take for themselves any more than the plain necessaries of life, live in an open habitual denial of the Lord. They have gained riches and hell-fire. John Wesley simple fire christian Gay and costly apparel directly tends to create and influence lust.... The fact is plain and undeniable, it has the effect both on the wearer and beholder. You kindle a flame, which, at the same time consumes both yourself and your admirers. John Wesley flames gay lust I cannot help leaving my books behind me whenever God calls me hence; but in every other respect, my own hands will be my executors. John Wesley generosity book hands To abandon all, to strip one's self of all, in order to seek and follow Jesus Christ naked to Bethlehem where He was born, naked to the hall where He was scourged, and naked to Calvary where He died on the cross, is so great a mystery that neither the thing nor the knowledge of it, is given to any but through faith in the Son of God. John Wesley self son jesus Thou hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no man knows, I see from far thy beauteous light, Only I sigh for thy repose. John Wesley height light men Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and loved by God and me....of what importance is your character to mankind, if you was buried just now. Or if you had never lived, what loss would it be to the cause of God. John Wesley causes loss character In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker , on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly called the Slave-trade. John Wesley honest different book My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life. John Wesley guiding-principles mom mother Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he comes in the clouds of heaven. John Wesley eye clouds heart I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation. John Wesley salvation heart christ Whatever the natural cause, sin is the true cause of all earthquakes. John Wesley causes sin earthquakes The giving up of (a belief in) witchcraft is in effect the giving up of (a beilief in) the Bible. John Wesley witchcraft giving-up belief There is no such thing as a solitary Christian. John Wesley