Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.
John WesleyIt cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading. A reading people will always be a knowing people.
John WesleyO, Begin! Fix some part of every day for private exercises... Whether you like it or no, read and pray daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler all your days... Do justice to your own soul; give it time and means to grow. Do not starve yourself any longer.
John WesleyLet it be observed, that slovenliness is no part of religion; that neither this, nor any text of Scripture, condemns neatness of apparel. Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.
John WesleyBeware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.
John WesleyDo you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?
John Wesley