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Joseph Barber Lightfoot was an English theologian known for his scholarly contributions to the study of theology and biblical texts. He served as a bishop and was respected for his deep understanding of religious matters. Lightfoot's writings and teachings have influenced many in the field of theology, and he is remembered for his commitment to education and spiritual growth. His legacy includes a focus on inclusivity and understanding within the church community.
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"God did not give you the spirit of cowardice."

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"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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"This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven."

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"God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also."

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

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"We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us."

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

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

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

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"The success and the failure are not my concern, but His."

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"So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them."

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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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"The Church in England is the Church of England."

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

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

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"But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters."

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"This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency."

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

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

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

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"God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair."

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"You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God."

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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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