"God works powerfully, but for the most part……" — John Newton
"God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually."
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John Newton
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18 Quotes by John Newton
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We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will…
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I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what…
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This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood,…
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Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great…
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Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found,…
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I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his…
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God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.
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If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will…
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If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule…
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Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can…
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I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it…
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The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in…
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