Our father of the Methodist movement, John Wesley, had an attention-getting way of expressing truth. Though he was very wordy in his sermons, he could gather up a world of truth in a few words. His pithy sayings are often quoted and are a source of truth and inspiration. Listen to him:

“Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”

The best way to resist the devil is to destroy whatever of the world remains in us. Every new victory a soul gains comes as a result of prayer. The essential part of Christian holiness lies in giving your heart wholly to God.

“If your heart is as my heart, you are my brother. Give me your hand.”

One of my favorites is the one in which he compared the church as a fellowship in which “one loving heart sets another heart on fire.”

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