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. SWINDOLLWe shouldn’t deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.
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Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.
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Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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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.
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10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
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Acceptance is taking from God’s hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
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The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
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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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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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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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The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
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If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.
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We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.
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The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
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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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