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Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies. — George Whitefield

The reason why the Son of God took upon him our nature, was, the fall of our first parents. — George Whitefield

Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death. — George Whitefield

Come poor, lost, undone sinner, come just as you are to Christ. — George Whitefield

Dare, dare, my dear brethren in Christ, to follow the Captain of your salvation, who was made perfect through sufferings — George Whitefield

We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts — George Whitefield

Left to himself, man is half beast and half devil. — George Whitefield

Nothing is more generally known than our duties which belong to Christianity; and yet, how amazing is it, nothing is less practiced? — George Whitefield

Following Christ means following him through life, following him in every word and gesture, following him out of one clime into another. — George Whitefield

The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they have dead men preaching to them. How can dead men beget living children? — George Whitefield

The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it. — George Whitefield

I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me — George Whitefield

Let us ... once and forever put an end to that lie which says that Calvinism and an interest in evangelism are not comparable. — George Whitefield

The Lord Jesus sits in heaven, ruling over all, and causing all things to work for his children's good. — George Whitefield

Speak every time my dear brother as if it were your last — George Whitefield

Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches. — George Whitefield

We are immortal until our work on earth is done. — George Whitefield

The care of the soul is 'a matter of the highest importance;' beyond any thing which can be brought into comparison with it. — George Whitefield

Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him, — George Whitefield

My prayer today is that God would make me an extraordinary Christian. — George Whitefield

Ministers never write or preach so well as when under the cross. — George Whitefield

Be humble, talk little, think and pray much. — George Whitefield

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. — George Whitefield

You blame me for weeping, but how can I help it when you will not weep for yourselves, though your immortal souls are on the verge of destruction. — George Whitefield

The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him. — George Whitefield

For in Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, bond nor free; even you may be the children of God, if you believe in Jesus. — George Whitefield

Though you have sinned much, that is no reason why you should despair, but only why you should love much, having so much forgiven. — George Whitefield

Works? Works? A man get to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand! — George Whitefield

I am never better than when I am on the full stretch for God. — George Whitefield

You need not fear the greatness or number of your sins. — George Whitefield

I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men. — George Whitefield

At the day of judgment we shall all meet again. — George Whitefield

Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing. — George Whitefield

I'd rather wear out than rust out, he'd once said years before, echoing the words of the evangelist George Whitefield. — Laura Frantz

We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs. — George Whitefield

For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians. — George Whitefield

It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God. — George Whitefield

Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them. — George Whitefield

See that you feel the truths that you speak. — George Whitefield

The sinner can no more raise himself from the deadness of sin than Lazarus, who had been dead four days, until Jesus came. — George Whitefield

Lord, help me to begin to begin. — George Whitefield

God enabled me to speak with the demonstration of the Spirit, and with power. — George Whitefield

God is well pleased when all our actions proceed from love, love to Himself, and love to immortal souls. — George Whitefield

Let my name die everywhere, let even my friends forget me, if by that means the cause of the blessed Jesus may be promoted — George Whitefield

Give diligent heed to the things that are spoken from the Word of God. — George Whitefield

It is God alone who can subdue and govern the unruly wills of sinful men. — George Whitefield

Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not. — George Whitefield

Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer. — George Whitefield

You may have orthodox heads, and yet you may have the devil in your hearts. — George Whitefield

I have just put my soul as a blank into the hand of Jesus, my Redeemer, and desired Him to write on it what He pleases; I know it will be His image. — George Whitefield

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God. — George Whitefield

You see, my brethren, my heart is full; I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you. — George Whitefield

We are immortal till our work is done. — George Whitefield

To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers. — George Whitefield

Oh let us continually keep faith in exercise, till it be entirely swallowed up in the boundless ocean of beatific vision. — George Whitefield

All our afflictions, all our temptations are to make heaven more desirable, and earth more loathsome. — George Whitefield

I am tired in the Lord's work, but not tired of it. — 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

I found by daily experience, the more I did, the more I might do for God. — George Whitefield

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher. — George Whitefield

God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them. — George Whitefield

For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image. — George Whitefield

How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended. — George Whitefield

Oh for a thousand lives to be spent in the service of Christ. — George Whitefield

Open your hearts as wide as ever you will, the Spirit of the Lord shall fill them. — George Whitefield

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal. — George Whitefield

Other men may preach the gospel better than I, but no man can preach a better gospel. — George Whitefield

The Christian world is in a deep sleep; nothing but a loud shout can awaken them out of it! — George Whitefield

Be content with no degree of sanctification. Be always crying out, "Lord, let me know more of myself and of thee." — George Whitefield

No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion. — George Whitefield

There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people. — George Whitefield

Let the name of Whitefield perish, but Christ be glorified — George Whitefield

Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again. — George Whitefield

What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand! — George Whitefield

You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication. — George Whitefield

Pray that I may be very little in my own eyes, and not rob my dear Master of any part of his glory. — George Whitefield

Had I a hundred hands, I could employ them all. The harvest is very great. I am ashamed I can do no more for him who has done so much for me. — George Whitefield

O turn to Him [Jesus Christ], turn in a sense of your own unworthiness, and be not faithless, but believing. — George Whitefield

The true believer can no more live without prayer, than without food day by day. — George Whitefield