God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLBattles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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It’s a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.
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The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
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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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The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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It’s not enough merely to believe there is a God. You must believe in the God who is there.
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Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.
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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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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives us greater ability to look past life’s trials and remain calm in the midst of what others would call chaos.
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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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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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When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself.
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Prayer is an investment. The time you dedicate to prayer isn’t lost; it will return dividends far greater than what a few moments spent on a task ever could. If we fail to cultivate this discipline, prayer winds up being our last resort rather than our first response.
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[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.
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