If the presence of God is in the church, the church will draw the world in. If the presence of God is not in the church, the world will draw the church out.
Charles Grandison FinneyRevival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility.
Charles Grandison FinneyOften, without being at all aware of it, men judge themselves, not by God's rule, but by their own.
Charles Grandison FinneyWhen you come back to God for pardon and salvation, come with all you have to lay all at his feet. Come with your body, to offer it as a living sacrifice upon His altar. Come with your soul and all its powers, and yield them in willing consecration to your God and Saviour. Come, bring them all along-everything, body, soul, intellect, imagination, acquirements-all, without reserve.
Charles Grandison Finney