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Sparks From The Anvil

Sparks From The Anvil are statements made by Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux used to edify and motivate us to live a life above reproach.

Elder Lightfoot Solomon And Sister Mary Eliza Pauline Michaux

Some Sparks From The Anvil

You cannot be helped with flattery. You must know the truth.

The flesh is funny—it is always working backwards.

Loose flesh never behaves itself.

The trouble with the world today is that man has forgotten God.

We aim to discourage everyone who is doing wrong.

Nothing appears to be wrong with the world.

Nothing wrong can be covered, except with the blood of Jesus.

Let God have your body; He can take care of it better than you can.

You can’t get near God by hanging around folks who don’t know Him.

Nothing fills the aching void in the breast of the human being like God.

The World just doesn’t know, but the saint can’t lower his standard or the world will never know.

No trouble to get people up to a worldly standard; but let us influence them to reach a spiritual standard.

If you are saved, your children should be affected by your life.

God can’t change His Word; you must change your mind.

All my life, I’ve never seen any change in God’s love.

Teach your child to honor God and he will never fail to honor you.

Build a righteous foundation for your children and they will never want.

If God can make beautiful bodies out of dust, we should make beautiful lives out of our bodies.

To be in the Church and to be born again are two different things.

When you’ve been born again, you’ve been delivered.

People won’t believe in love until those who talk about God will show love.

Love your brother when he is in need, like you do when you are in need.

When folks love you, you can get whatever they have.

Money is alright, but it is better to be secured by love when marrying.

The difference between zeal and ambition is: zeal will work itself to death for nothing, while ambition seeks something.

The only way that I can help folks to be better is to let them know how bad they are.

If you don’t do that which elevates you, you will degenerate.

Get with Christ that you might have power over the devil.

To keep your heart true, you have to practice doing right.

When you meet people who love to praise God, you love to be in their company.

There is unlimited power in oneness.

Never allow anyone to make you angry, for that would make him your master.

Shame those who mistreat you by being nice to them.

The kingdom of heaven is to enter into you before you are to enter into it.

It is wonderful how powerful the blood of Jesus is.

To keep your heart true, you have to practice doing right.

Man can only praise you. It is God who blesses you.

You may hide your face, but you can’t hide your spirit.

Don’t go back into the world looking for help; when you leave God, you leave your only help.

The Church is to help men and women get nearer to God.

If you are on the Lord’s side, you must oppose that which is evil.

When you seek the favor of men, they seek to enslave you.

You can feel right and yet be so wrong.

Flesh is rule by feelings.

The thing that destroys people is to sympathize with them when they are wrong.

No ones comes to destruction without first being warned by God.

You are destroyed by disobedience.

Don’t let other people’s burdens keep you from being happy.

God doesn’t call you from work; He calls you to work.

The only time the world cares about you is while you can keep up with it.

Don’t number the people, for your strength is not in people.

Folks like to be glorified with you, but they don’t care much about suffering with you.

There is no security in anyone but the man who stands.

Love is manifested only in deeds.

Love divine makes the face shine.

If you want to be loved, be lovely.

Money is alright, but it is better to be secured by love when marrying.

Happiness consists not in what you have but what you enjoy.

Your life can’t be straight without a straight gospel.

I am glad that in the midst of the crowd there are some who will receive the gospel.

You should cultivate a real acquaintance with the Lord.

You are born to die physically but not eternally.

I know that death can’t hold me if I worship in this life the One who has the power over death.

The ways of worldly gain are the ways of worldly grief.

The experiences we have should convince us that God’s way is best.

If you’re on your way to heaven, you certainly ought to be happy.

Every evil in the world sprang from a disordered home.

The church is to help men and women get nearer to God.

God’s government is a holy government,and its citizens are saints.

When we hear the Word of God, we should lay aside our own thoughts.

Every heart that loves God is attuned to sing His praises.

You have only to believe to get to God,and obey to stay with Him.

Regardless of your intelligence, if you practice unrighteousness, you are going down in shame.

You have got to have an ideal; that is why God gave you Christ.

Your affiliation must be with Christ, not with denomination.

The Word of God is to build the home and bind the family.

If you learn to be thankful, you will have lots to be thankful for.

You are ruled and governed by your contacts.

The shortest period of time is when you take your mind off of yourself and put it on God.

If ever there was a time to be concerned,it is now.

You confuse people when you talkholiness and live something else.

The Lord knows how you think of Him by the way you obey Him.

Until you believe in God, you won’t obey Him.

When you obey men, you are their servants. When you obey God, you are His son.

When you don’t attend to God’s business, don’t expect yours to succeed.

Keep your mind on God and He’ll relieve your burdens.

Be careful less the hard things you have to press against in life harden you.

A heathen is a man who doesn't know God, even though he might live among godly people.

There is no mercy in the heart of the heathen.

Every heart that loves God is attuned to sing His praises.

In God’s Church, hearts are bound together by love, not cement.

If I compromise, you’ll have no light and I’ll have no life.

If you get vision, you can see beyond the cloud.

The only way that you can serve God is to serve one another.

Sin is a hell-bound express with no local stops.

You can’t serve God without a mind to be perfect.

Where there is rebellion, there is every evil work.

God doesn't have any rebellious children.

If you rebel in time of peace, you can't be depended upon in time of war.

When a person fights righteousness, he is either doing wrong himself or has sympathy for wrong in others.

Loose flesh never behaves itself.

The trouble with the world today is that man has forgotten God.

The love of money will make you deceitful.

So many people deceive themselves trying to deceive others.

The thing that destroys people is to sympathize with the when they are wrong.

Elder Lightfoot Solomon And Sister Mary Eliza Pauline Michaux

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