If we choose to be offended when we don’t get our own way, Then we’re going to live constantly on the edge of anger. But if we say to ourselves, ” A merry heart does good like a medicine,” It’ll make all the difference in the world.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLFaith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can’t light the torch of another if yours isn’t burning.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn’t complicated. ‘I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.’ We complicate what God has made simple by seeing the world through human eyes. We want to see in order to believe and presume that our limitations are His.
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10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
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Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God’s point of view.
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It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day – not I.
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Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.
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On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don’t quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
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Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
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God is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.
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Faith does not change my circumstances; faith changes me. Faith may not bring in the tuition check when I need it, but faith will give me what it takes to hang on.
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You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
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Vision is the ability to see God’s presence, to perceive God’s power, to focus on God’s plan in spite of the obstacles.
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Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.
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