Joseph Lightfoot Quotes

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Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

Joseph Lightfoot
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.

Joseph Lightfoot
Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

Joseph Lightfoot
God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.

Joseph Lightfoot
The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.

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Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

Joseph Lightfoot
There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.

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God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are my brothers and sisters.

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I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.

Joseph Lightfoot
It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.

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Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

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Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.

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But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.

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The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.

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Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.

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Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.

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If you are apostles at all, you are apostles, not of men, nor by man. Your sufficiency is of God.

Joseph Lightfoot
To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.

Joseph Lightfoot
There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

Joseph Lightfoot