George Whitefield
George Whitefield
George Whitefield, also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican cleric who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain and, especially, in the American colonies. Born in Gloucester, England, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford University, where he met the Wesley brothers. He was one of the founders of Methodism and of the evangelical movement generally. In 1740, Whitefield traveled to America, where he preached a series of revivals that came to be known as the "Great Awakening". Whitefield was...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth16 December 1714
No, if we come in the spirit and power of our Master, in this, as in every other part of his sufferings, we must follow his steps.
God enabled me to speak with the demonstration of the Spirit, and with power.
The care of the soul is 'a matter of the highest importance;' beyond any thing which can be brought into comparison with it.
God is well pleased when all our actions proceed from love, love to Himself, and love to immortal souls.
Lord help me to begin to begin.
When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose He means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child.
As Christ was born of the Virgin's womb, so must He be spiritually formed in our hearts. As He died for sin, so must we die to sin. And as He rose again from the dead, so must we also rise to a divine life.
Whoever reads the gospel with a single eye, and sincere intentions, will find, that our blessed Lord took all opportunities of reminding his disciples that His Kingdom was not of this world; that His doctrine was a doctrine of the Cross; and that their professing themselves to be His followers, would call them to a constant state of voluntary suffering and self-denial.
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.
Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.
Open your hearts as wide as ever you will, the Spirit of the Lord shall fill them.
We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.
For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.
It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.