You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication.
George WhitefieldNothing is more generally known than the duties which belong to christianity; and yet, how amazing is it, nothing is less practised?
George WhitefieldThis discourse, and the present frame of my mind, lead me rather to speak to those, who by feeling Satan's fiery darts, know assuredly that there is a devil.
George WhitefieldPeople want to recommend themselves to God by their sincerity; they think, 'If we do all we can, if we are but sincere, Jesus Christ will have mercy on us.' But pray what is there in our sincerity to recommend us to God? ... therefore, if you depend on your sincerity for your salvation, your sincerity will damn you.
George Whitefield