Charles Grandison Finney Quotes
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.
Sin is the most expensive thing in the universe. Nothing else can cost so much.
Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other's hearts in prayer.
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.
Prevailing prayer is that which secures an answer. Saying prayers is not offering prevailing prayer. The prevalence of prayer does not depend so much on quantity as on quality.
A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.
There can be no higher enjoyment found in this world that is found in pulling souls out of the fire and bringing them to Christ.
There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience.
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.
Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them.
You hear the word, and believe it in theory, while you deny it in practice. I say to you, that 'you deceive yourselves'.
Effective prayer is prayer that attains what it seeks. It is prayer that moves God, effecting its end.
The reason why wicked men and devils hate God is, because they see Him in relation to themselves. Their hearts rise up in rebellion, because they see Him opposed to their selfishness.
Repentance is a change of willing, of feeling and of living, in respect to God.
He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls.
Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence, that will tell on the immortal interests of souls around you. Are you asleep, while your conduct is exerting such an influence?
When the church finds its members falling into gross and scandalous sins, then it is time for the church to awake and cry to God for a Revival of Religion.
If you do not make it a matter of study, how you may successfully act in building up the kingdom of Christ, you are acting a very wicked and absurd part as a Christian.
Often, without being at all aware of it, men judge themselves, not by God's rule, but by their own.
Revival comes from heaven when heroic souls enter the conflict determined to win or die - or if need be, to win and die! The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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.
The end for which Christ lives, and for which He has left His church in the world, is the salvation of sinners.
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.
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.
The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as the moral law itself.
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.
Why will God's creatures sin against his throne? Can there be such madness in beings gifted with reason's light?