Faith 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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLPeople who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change
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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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Friends make life a lot more fun.
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Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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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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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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God is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.
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Refuse to let your situation determine your attitude.
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We aren’t just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose
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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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The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith – which He has given – and then push it open and walk through.
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We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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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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