John Wesley Quotes

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart.

God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy.

One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.

God is looking for clean hands and a pure heart.

Brethren, let us mind our own business - that is, the calling the Lord has called us to - to do everything we can to promote the good of the Cause of Truth, and never ask how big we are, or inquire who we are; but let it be, 'What can I do to build up the Kingdom of God upon the Earth?'

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.

Why must we love the Lord? Because as we do so, we become refined, pure, and holy.

God can do all sorts of things, God does not need me! But He commands me to be like His Son, and that is all.

It's far harder to love God and do his will than it is to be self absorbed and love my own will.

Holiness does not consist in doing uncommon things, but in doing every thing with purity of heart.

God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart.

Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.

The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

If you are a good missionary, you will return home with the desire to continue to serve the Lord, to keep His commandments, and to do His will.

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these men that are gone from us, for there is nothing that shall convince them but judgment.

Experience proves that in this life peace and satisfaction are had, not by the listless but by those who are fervent in God's service. And rightly so. For in their effort to overcome themselves and to rid themselves of self-love, they rid themselves of the roots of all passion and unrest.

Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.

Fixate your love on Him, be obedient to God's word, and don't seek the glory of this world. In doing these things, God will exalt you in this earth and you won't have to sacrifice your soul for earthly crowns that will fade.