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

George Whitefield

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George Whitefield
Age: 55 †
Born: 1714
Born: December 16
Died: 1770
Died: September 30
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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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Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not.
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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.
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True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness.
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We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts
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The righteousness of Jesus Christ is one of those great mysteries, which the angels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons that God taught men after the fall.
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The Lord Jesus sits in heaven, ruling over all, and causing all things to work for his children's good.
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I say salvation is the free gift of God. It is God's free grace, I preach unto you, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Jesus Christ justifies the ungodly. Jesus Christ passed by and saw you polluted with your blood and bid you live.
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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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People want to recommend themselves to God by their sincerity they think, 'If we do all we can, if we are but sincere, Jesus Christ will have mercy on us.' But pray what is there in our sincerity to recommend us to God? ... therefore, if you depend on your sincerity for your salvation, your sincerity will damn you.
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It is very remarkable, that in the book of life, we find some almost of all kinds of occupations, who notwithstanding served God in their respective generations, and shone as so many lights in the world.
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What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!
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I am tired in the Lord's work, but not tired of it.
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The true believer can no more live without prayer, than without food day by day.
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O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days are at an end. You have nothing but trouble before you. . . . Your liberties will be lost.
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Pray that I may be very little in my own eyes, and not rob my dear Master of any part of his glory.
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I offer you salvation this day the door of mercy is not yet shut, there does yet remain a sacrifice for sin, for all that will accept of the Lord Jesus Christ. He will embrace you in the arms of His love.
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