Alexander Whyte Quotes

• There are two ways to read Scripture - the way a lawyer reads a will and the way an heir reads a will.

  Alexander Whyte

  Two, Heirs, Way

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• Prayer is the only way to amend your life: and without prayer, it will never be mended.

  Alexander Whyte

  Prayer, Way

  Alexander Whyte (1948). “Lord, Teach Us to Pray”, p.146, CCEL

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• Grace, then, is grace,--that is to say, it is sovereign, it is free, it is sure, it is unconditional, and it is everlasting.

  Alexander Whyte

  Grace, Sovereign, Unconditional

  Alexander Whyte (1903). “The apostle Paul”

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• Only once did God choose a completely sinless preacher.

  Alexander Whyte

  Preacher, Preaching

  Alexander Whyte (2011). “Bible Characters - Vol. 1-6: The Complete Edition”, p.417, Primedia E-launch LLC

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• No prayer!-No faith!-No Christ in the heart. Little prayer!-Little faith!-Little Christ in the heart. Increasing prayer!-Increasing faith!-Increasing Christ in the heart!. Much prayer!-Much faith!-Much Christ in the heart! Praying always!-Faith always!-Christ always!

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  Prayer, Heart, Littles

  Alexander Whyte (1998). “Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on Prayer”, p.152, Regent College Publishing

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• The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer.

  Alexander Whyte

  Prayer, Men, Giving

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• If you find your life of prayer to be always so short, and so easy, and so spiritual, as to be without cost and strain and sweat to you, you may depend upon it, you have not yet begun to pray.

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  Spiritual, Prayer, Sweat

  Alexander Whyte (1903). “The apostle Paul”

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• Prayer is a rising up and a drawing near to God in mind and in heart, and in spirit.

  Alexander Whyte

  Prayer, Heart, Rising Up

  Alexander Whyte (1998). “Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on Prayer”, p.20, Regent College Publishing

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• No man's prayer is acceptable with God whose life is not well pleasing before God.

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  Prayer, Men, Life Is

  Alexander Whyte (1998). “Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on Prayer”, p.119, Regent College Publishing

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• I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the souls of others, lies in the way that we stint, and starve, and scamp our prayers, by hurrying over them.

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  Prayer, Lying, Soul

  Alexander Whyte (1903). “The apostle Paul”

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• If you would move me with your preaching, or with your praying, or with your singing, first be moved yourself.

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  Moving, Singing, Firsts

  Alexander Whyte (2011). “Bible Characters - Vol. 1-6: The Complete Edition”, p.462, Primedia E-launch LLC

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• But grace has only one direction that it can take. Grace always flows down.

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  One Direction, Grace, Flow

  Alexander Whyte (1903). “The apostle Paul”

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• You’re not likely to err by practicing too much of the cross.

  Alexander Whyte

  Too Much, Crosses

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• Admit sin, and you banish prayer. But, on the other hand, entertain, and encourage, and practice prayer, and sin will sooner or later flee before it.

  Alexander Whyte

  Prayer, Practice, Hands

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• No prayer!--No faith!--No Christ in the heart. Little prayer!--Little faith!--Little Christ in the heart.

  Alexander Whyte

  Prayer, Heart, Littles

  Alexander Whyte (1998). “Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on Prayer”, p.152, Regent College Publishing

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• You do not really care for God's mercy or His comfort either, so long as you live in any sin. And it is well that you do not; for you can have neither. Your peace will be like a river, when you put away your sin; but not one word of true peace, not one drop of true comfort, can you have till then.

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  Rivers, Long, Comfort

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• Every kind of prayer, not intercessory prayer only, which is the highest kind of prayer, but all prayer, from the lowest kind to the highest, is impossible in a life of known and allowed sin.

  Alexander Whyte

  Prayer, Impossible, Kind

  Alexander Whyte (1998). “Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on Prayer”, p.119, Regent College Publishing

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• And then, what is grace? Grace is love. But grace is not love simply, and purely, and alone. Grace and love are, in their innermost essence, one and the same thing.

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  Essence, Grace, And Love

  Alexander Whyte (1903). “The apostle Paul”

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• Prayer worth calling prayer, prayer that God will call true prayer and will treat as true prayer, takes for more time by the clock than one man in a thousand thinks.

  Alexander Whyte

  Prayer, Men, Thinking

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• It is the holiness of our Lord's heart that fills the New Testament full and makes it the unparalleled and unapproachable Book that it is.

  Alexander Whyte

  Book, Heart, Holiness

  Alexander Whyte (1905). “The Walk, Conversation and Character of Jesus Christ Our Lord”

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