Sandy Smith quotes

“Perhaps we don't want to come face to face with the unsurrendered areas of our lives. We like our lives just as they are, even if it is less than God's best.”
-- Sandy Smith

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“We never cry out to God and receive a returned check stamped 'Insufficient grace.'”
-- Sandy Smith

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“As I live in awareness of, growth in, and gratitude for mercy, my life will bring glory to Him”
-- Sandy Smith

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“It's a community event. Community events create strong communities, and a strong community is a healthy community. A healthy community is a happy community.”
-- Sandy Smith

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“Leadership is the art of invoking wisdom and right action out of the people needed to accomplish the goal.”
-- Sandy Smith

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“When the back-to-the-cities trend started taking root, albeit very unevenly, cities were so glad to finally land deals that they routinely overpaid, not having a solid grasp of the demographic and market forces they should have been channeling instead of subsidizing. It’s especially true for retail and entertainment projects, which generate very poor-quality jobs. I have yet to find a city that has figured out how to ‘take the foot off the pedal’ and stop over-subsidizing, even when gentrification becomes a problem.”
-- Sandy Smith

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“The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.”

“When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.”

“My family background was deeply Christian.”

“Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting.”

“We can never know who or what we are till we know at least something of what God is.”

“To stay here and disobey God - I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey God than to stay here and know that I disobeyed.”

Source : Amanda Smith (2014). “The Colored Evangelist - The Story Of The Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith”, p.270, Jazzybee Verlag

“If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.”

“Satan never wastes a fiery dart on an area covered in armor.”

“Then the fear all humans felt when met with Death’s gaze came over his face. That’s right buddy, I’m Death, now move away from my girl.”

“As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.