God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a druggist fills your prescription. The Lord doesn’t promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLThe past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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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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The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
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Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity.
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
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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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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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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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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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One of the problems with worry is that it keeps you from enjoying what you have.
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God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
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We shouldn’t deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.
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Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person’s day, week, or life.
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I’m here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.
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