WesleyGospel Ministries

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
–Proverbs 31:10 (ESV)–

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities!
All is vanity.
–Ecclesiastes 1:2 (ESV)–

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
and give me life in your ways.
–Psalm 119:37 (ESV)–

Do not look on his appearance or
on the height of his stature,
because I have rejected him.
For the Lord sees not as man sees:
man looks on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks on the heart.
–1 Samuel 16:7 (ESV)–

I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
–Ecclesiastes 4:4 (ESV)–

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.
I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood in My counsel,
And had caused My people to hear My words,
Then they would have turned them from their evil way
And from the evil of their doings.
–Jeremiah 23:21-22 (NKJV)–

¹² How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! ¹³ For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. ¹⁵ Yet thou shalt be brought down to Hell, to the sides of the pit.
–Isaiah 14:12-15 (KJV)–

³ Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. ⁴ Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
–Philippians 2:3-4 (KJV)–

Love conquers all.
–Virgil–

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Got Questions, “What Does the Bible Say About Ego?”

Well+Good, “How to Spot an Egotistical Personality.”

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (Warner Bros, 1939).

Gaslight (MGM, 1944).

He’s worse than Elmer Gantry!
May the Holy Spirit heal the emotions of all these women.
–J.B.–

Anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit…I would like every one of you to speak in tongues…the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
–1 Corinthians 14:2, 5, 13, 14 (NIV)–

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Justin Peters Ministries, “History of the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement.”

Larry Martin, William J. Seymour: Pentecostal Trailblazer (Whitaker House, 2024).

John Sherrill, They Speak With Other Tongues (Chosen Books, 2018).

Melvin Dieter, “The Wesleyan View,” in Five Views on Sanctification (Zondervan, 1996).

Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley’s Teachings, 4 vols (Zondervan, 2014).

Ernest S. Williams, Systematic Theology, 3 vols (Gospel Publishing House, 1953).

French Arrington, Christian Doctrine, 3 vols (Pathway Press, 1992).

Dr. John R. Rice, Healing In Answer to Prayer (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1944).

Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
–Hebrews 10:24-25 (ESV)–

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts.
–Acts 2:42-47 (ESV)–

I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
–Matthew 25:35-36 (NIV)–

¹⁴ Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? ¹⁵ And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? ¹⁶ And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ¹⁷ Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.¹⁸ And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
— 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (KJV)–

³ Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. ⁴ For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
–Jude 3-4 (KJV)–

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
–James 4:4 (KJV)–

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Dr. John R. Rice, The Unequal Yoke (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1946).

Hardcore preaching against sin. Old-fashioned Baptist style. Uses many grotesque examples from crime, drug addiction, prostitution, murder, the electric chair, STDs and imprisonment, to show the destructive nature of sin. Excellent sermon.
–J.B.–

Do not let your adorning be external–the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear–but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.
–1 Peter 3:3-4 (ESV)–

A bride adorns herself with her jewels.
–Isaiah 61:10 (ESV)–