We shouldn’t deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLGod’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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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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Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends
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The world has changed and it’s going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.
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Let`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.
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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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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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The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
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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.
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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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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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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
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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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Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person’s day, week, or life.
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