Before we can pray, “Lord, Thy Kingdom come,” we must be willing to pray, “My Kingdom go.”
ALAN REDPATHGod will never plant the seed of his life upon the soil of a hard, unbroken spirit.
More Alan Redpath Quotes
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I believe that the sphere of service, your career.
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No man can use his Bible with power unless he has the character of Jesus in his heart.
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We will only advance in our evangelistic work as fast and as far as we advance on our knees.
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God will never plant the seed of his life upon the soil of a hard, unbroken spirit.
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We are not saved in order to be a blessing to other people.
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We are fit for the work of God only when we have wept over it.
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You will be that inevitably–but primarily we are saved in order to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ, God’s Son.
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Faith is two empty hands held open to receive all of the Lord
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Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love.
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First of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far.
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Let us learn this lesson from Nehemiah: you never lighten the load unless first you have felt the pressure in your own soul.
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As the bells ring out the joys of Christmas, may we also be alert for the final trumpet that will announce His return, when we shall always be with Him.
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For every discouragement has been allowed to come to us in order that through it we may be cast in utter helplessness at the Saviour’s feet.
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The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes.
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He deeper and more staggering can be his collapse. There is never a day in any man’s life but that he is dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing.
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THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?
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It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown and failure we may magnify the grace of God and recognize that it is the delight of the Spirit of God to work upon the platform of human impossibilities.
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The higher the pinnacle of blessing, authority, and publicity he has attained by grace.
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If it has come that far, it has come with great purpose.
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The crowd one day cried, “Crucify him,” and the whole world united to murder the Son of God, because in their ignorance they knew Him not.
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There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me.
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The help of God does not come to us when we are indifferent.
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Lay the ax to the root of the tree, and the capacity for Jesus Christ will be increased tomorrow.
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Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can descend, even with all that spiritual background!
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When we get to the end of ourselves, we get to the beginning of God.
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Return to the battle again, no longer trusting in the false and insufficient human resources which so foolishly.
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