“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.”

I. The HEART of a Child

II. The MIND of a Scholar

III. The SKIN of a

Rhinoceros

Rodney “Gypsy” Smith

I. 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:1.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.”