Evotional.com - Mark Batterson

On May 24, 1738, John Wesley was at a meetinghouse on Aldersgate Street in London. Wesley was listening to Martin Luther’s Preface to Romans when, in his journal he would write, that his heart was “strangely warmed.” That God Encounter changed the course of John Wesley’s life. One historian has said, “What happened in that little room was of more importance to England than all the victories of Pitt by land or sea.” Other historians say that John Wesley single-handedly saved England from moral and social collapse.
Wesley traveled more than 250,000 miles on horseback, preached more than 40,000 sermons and wrote hundreds of books and pamphlets. When asked about the key to his preaching, John Wesley used to say, “I set myself on fire, and people come watch me burn.”
One God Encounter changed his life, and his changed life changed the course of history. He saved England.