Charles Grandison Finney Quotes
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How often God visited the Jewish Church with judgments because they would not repent and be revived at the call of His prophets! How often have we seen Churches, and even whole denominations, cursed with a curse, because they would not wake up and seek the Lord.
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Effective prayer is prayer that attains what it seeks. It is prayer that moves God, effecting its end.
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No man can possibly be benevolent or religious, to the full extent of his obligations, without concerning himself, to a greater or less extent, with the affairs of human government.
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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.
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Repentance is a change of willing, of feeling and of living, in respect to God.
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The moral law of God is the only law of individuals and of nations, and nothing can be rightful government but such as is established and administered with a view to its support.
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Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing.
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When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not the spirit of controversy. There can be no prosperity in religion, where the spirit of controversy prevails.
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Sin is the most expensive thing in the universe. Nothing else can cost so much.
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There is a fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom, which is founded in love. There is also a slavish fear, which is a mere dread of evil, and is purely selfish.
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Often, without being at all aware of it, men judge themselves, not by God's rule, but by their own.
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A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God.
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In nearly all cases, if the people complain of the length of our sermons it is because we fail to interest them personally in what we have to say.
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Why will God's creatures sin against his throne? Can there be such madness in beings gifted with reason's light?
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Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.
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When 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.
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A revival may be expected when Christians have a spirit of prayer for a revival. That is, when they pray as if their hearts were set upon it. When Christians have the spirit of prayer for a revival. When they go about groaning out their hearts desire. When they have real travail of soul.
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Revival 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.
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When there is no offense I make no defense.
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Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them.