22 Quotes from George Whitefield
Over 30 years ago I was given a profound gift of Arnold A. Dallimore’s classic work, George Whitefield, the Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival. George Whitefield was not a man of great physical stature but he was a powerful servant of God. He experienced a deep and dramatic spiritual conversion. He was a man who loved the word of God, whose dependence on God was seen through his rigorous exercise of spiritual disciplines. He preached often, sometimes two to three times a day, offering powerful extemporaneous sermons. His belief in God’s sovereignty fuel his passion to share the message of Jesus and drove him to preach anywhere at any time, often drawing larger crowds estimated up to 30,000 people at a time. He labored tirelessly preaching over 18,000 times to an estimated 10 millions hearers on two continents. He had big heart and started an orphanage in Georgia which he funded personally and carried its debts throughout his life time. Whitefield’s preaching tours sparked a revival that resulted in the first Great Awakening in America. He was America’s first celebrity. About 80 percent of all American colonists heard him preach at least once.
Quotes
“The true believer can no more live without prayer, than without food day by day.”― George Whitefield
“What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!” ― George Whitefield
“No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.” ― George Whitefield
“The harvest is very great. I am ashamed I can do no more for him who has done so much for me.” ― George Whitefield
“There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people.” ― George Whitefield
“Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” ― George Whitefield
“Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.” ― George Whitefield
“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
“One taste of Christ’s love in the heart will make amends for all.” ― George Whitefield
“Set apart this day for humiliation (fasting) and intercession… and found my heart greatly enlarged in that Divine exercise.” ― George Whitefield
“Intercession is a glorious means to sweeten the heart.” ― George Whitefield
“Lord, if I can but be made instrumental to save one soul, I care not if I am tossed on the ocean through my whole life.” ― George Whitefield
“Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again.” ― George Whitefield
“I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me.” ― George Whitefield
“Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.” ― George Whitefield
“Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.” ― George Whitefield
“God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.” ― George Whitefield
“God, give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst! ― George Whitefield
“I would rather wear out than rust out.” ― George Whitefield
“We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts. ” ― George Whitefield
“My prayer today is that God would make me an extraordinary Christian.” ― George Whitefield
“Pray that I may be very little in my own eyes, and not rob my dear Master of any part of his glory.” ― George Whitefield