Don’t expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. Wisdom comes privately from God as a byproduct of right decisions, godly reactions, and the application of spiritual principles to daily circumstances.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLIf you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
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Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
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Another problem with worry is that it makes you forget your worth. Worry makes you feel worthless, forgotten, and unimportant.
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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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Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, “Lord, this is Your battle.”
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One of the problems with worry is that it keeps you from enjoying what you have.
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We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn’t come naturally. It’s a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.
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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.
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When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.
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Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from affirming people’s unique worth. It also steals contentment from the heart. Is there anything or anyone you are envious of?
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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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Authentic men aren’t afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they’re sad, admit it when they’re wrong, and ask for help when they need it.
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God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.
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People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change
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If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.
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