Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#failure #his #success

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

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#majority #occupies #own #soil #their

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. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#back #calculation #consequences #frankly #gift

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

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#consciousness #fear #heaven #indeed #lord

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

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#god #misgiving #must #place #therefore

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

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#make #must #our people #people #righteousness

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. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#did #eternity #failure #realise #success

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

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#away #clings #condition #contract #long

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

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#beginning #end #god #work #yes

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

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#call #commission #god #received #will