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We are fit for the work of God only when we have wept over it, prayed about it, and then we are enabled by Him to tackle the job that needs to be done.

Alan Redpath

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Alan Redpath
Age: 81 †
Born: 1907
Born: January 1
Died: 1989
Died: January 1
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The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. 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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It's Satan's delight to tell me that once he's got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.
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The immense step from the Babe at Bethlehem to the living, reigning triumphant Lord Jesus, returning to earth for His own people - that is the glorious truth proclaimed throughout Scripture. 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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A throne is God's purpose for you a cross is God's path for you faith is God's plan for you.
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The essence of sin is arrogance the essence of salvation is submission.
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There is no revival possible in any fellowship without a price being paid.
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Obey God in all things today! Drive out the enemy! Lay the ax to the root of the tree, and the capacity for Jesus Christ will be increased tomorrow.
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Let's keep our chins up and our knees down - we're on the victory side.
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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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If you look up into His face and say, Yes, Lord, whatever it costs, at that moment He'll flood your Life with His presence and power.
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Return to the battle again, no longer trusting in the false and insufficient human resources which so foolishly we had taken into the battle, but now trusting in the limitless resources of our risen Lord.
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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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No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.
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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. You are never used of God to bring blessing until God has opened your eyes and made you see things as they are.
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We are not saved in order to be a blessing to other people--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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God will never plant the seed of his life upon the soil of a hard, unbroken spirit. He will only plant that seed where the conviction of his spirit has brought brokenness, where the soil has been watered with the tears of repentance as well as the tears of joy.
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The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.
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The Christian life doesn't get easier as one gets older.
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The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.
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