Joseph Barber Lightfoot Quotes

If the Holy Spirit lives in you, that makes you my brothers and sisters.

Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, 'Well, isn't that fabulous? Because I need help too. So you go get that old woman over there some water, and I'll figure out what we're going to do about your stuff.

Loving God is never separate from loving our brothers and sisters. It's always the same.

God has been with me in my whole career.

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

My faith experience, well, as you can imagine, you need a lot of faith to raise five boys.

The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness.

Faith is my foundation because you work on a faith basis that you believe God has his hand on you.

For Christians, faith is a precious good, the most valuable personal and social resource. When it is left untapped, the common good suffers - not just the particular interests of Christians.

Be the kind of friend who takes people to Christ.

As a Christian, I think it's really important to find a man of God to trust and be supportive of me.

I believe in God, because he is the only thing that kept me going. He's my best friend.

I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.

Some people call God, some people call Allah; I want to see the fruit of the love, I want to see the love, the love to help the brothers who may not be as fortunate as us.

There is no limit to the potential of brethren working together in complete brotherhood and selflessness toward spiritual goals. The power of God working through such channels will bring unimaginable blessings to all concerned.

Christ died for all; for the African as well as the European. Have we recognized this fact? Have we come up to the full measure of the duty we owe to our less favored brother?

There are no private sins, all sins affect our brothers and sisters in Christ …. Every sin is a sin against the community

As a Christian, part of my obligation is to alleviate suffering. Explicit recognition of that in the Methodist tradition is one reason I'm comfortable in this church.

Jesus has very clearly said in the gospel. "Whatever you do, do to the least of my brethren." Clear? That was the work of Jesus.

The Holy Spirit helps us to view others with fresh eyes, seeing them always as brothers and sisters in Jesus, to be respected and loved.

Jesus taught that the mark of the Christian is the observable love shown among all true believers.

As Christians, we're asked to give. In my sport, if someone needs equipment or help with something, regardless of who they are as a competitor, I'm called to help them for a higher purpose. So it definitely affects everything I do. It's not easy. It's very hard to love everyone.

The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by himself he cannot help himself without belying the truth.

We lighten the loads of others best by helping the Lord strengthen them.