“I felt my heart strangely warmed!” John Wesley

“I felt my heart strangely warmed!” John Wesley

“Sour godliness is the Devil’s religion.” John Wesley

First Kiss

Praying Dog

Lee Frog

Debbie

Lindsey

“The Blessing of the Balanced Life.”

“God doesn’t want us to be shy...”

“Pro Deo et Homine.” “For God and Humanity.”

The “Balance of Jesus’ Teaching: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.” “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”

The HEART of a Child The MIND of a Scholar The SKIN of a Rhinoceros Rodney “Gypsy” Smith

The HEART of a CHILD Be TENDER Rodney “Gypsy” Smith

“My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, or let me die! The Child is Father of the Man; I could wish my days to be bound each to each by natural piety.” William Wordsworth (1802)

II. The MIND of a SCHOLAR Be TRAINED Rodney “Gypsy” Smith

The “Context” of John Wesley’s “Heart Warming” experience at Aldersgate. John Wesley

III. The SKIN of a RHINOCEROS. Be TOUGH Rodney “Gypsy” Smith

CRITICISM: Expect It! 2. Inspect It!

Yiddish Proverb “If an enemy calls you a donkey, ignore him. But if a friend calls you a donkey, buy a saddle.”

“Are you tired? Worn Out? Burned out on religion? Come to Me Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.”

“Come, ye disconsolate (heartbroken), Where’er ye languish (exhausted), Come to the mercy seat (altar), Fervently kneel. Here bring your wounded hearts, Here tell your anguish (pain); Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.”

“I felt my heart strangely warmed!” John Wesley