It’s a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLWe 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.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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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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Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person’s day, week, or life.
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One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable.
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Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don’t waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us. Love that quickly forgives, willingly overlooks, and refuses to take offense.
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Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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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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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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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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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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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.
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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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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 more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
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