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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

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George Whitefield
Age: 55 †
Born: 1714
Born: December 16
Died: 1770
Died: September 30
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Come poor, lost, undone sinner, come just as you are to Christ.
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You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication.
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He [Jesus Christ] loves to see poor sinners coming to Him, He is pleased to see them lie at His feet pleading His promises and if you thus come to Christ, He will not send you away without His Spirit no, but will receive and bless you.
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All I can say is I look for perpetual conflicts and struggles in this life, and I hope for no other peace, only a cross, while on this side of eternity.
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Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death.
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The Christian world is in a deep sleep nothing but a loud shout can awaken them out of it!
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Would ministers preach for eternity! They would then act the part of true Christian orators, and not only calmly and cooly inform the understanding, but, by persuasive, pathetic address, endeavour to move the affections and warm the heart.
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The true believer can no more live without prayer, than without food day by day.
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Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.
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God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.
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It is God alone who can subdue and govern the unruly wills of sinful men.
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The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks all occasions to disturb me.
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Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.
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Believers keep up and maintain their walk with God by secret prayer. The spirit of grace is always accompanied with the spirit of supplication. It is the very breath of the new creature, the fan of the divine life, whereby the spark of holy fire, kindled in the soul by God, is not only kept in, but raised into a flame.
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Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.
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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.
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Oh that I was lowly in heart! Honor and dishonor, good report and evil report would then be alike, and prove a furtherance to me in my Christian cause.
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God enabled me to speak with the demonstration of the Spirit, and with power.
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