True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness for conversion hide behind their own good works. This is the reason that self-righteous people are so angry with gospel preachers, because the gospel does not spare those who will not submit to the righteousness of Jesus Christ!

Dare, dare, my dear brethren in Christ, to follow the Captain of your salvation, who was made perfect through sufferings

As for the extraordinary operations of the Holy Ghost, such as working of miracles, or speaking with divers kinds of tongues, they are long since ceased.

Let the name of Whitefield perish, but Christ be glorified

Pray that I may be very little in my own eyes, and not rob my dear Master of any part of his glory.

I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line and word...I would be so overpowered with a sense of God's Infinite Majestey, that I would be contrained to throw myself on the ground, and offer my soul as a blank in His hands, to write on it what He pleased.

God is well pleased when all our actions proceed from love, love to Himself, and love to immortal souls.