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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.

Charles R. Swindoll

Authentic men aren’t afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they’re sad, admit it when they’re wrong, and ask for help when they need it.
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We really shouldn’t look like a church.’ I’ve heard that so much I want to vomit. ‘Why?’ I ask. ‘Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor’s office to look like a doctor’s office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?’
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Appearance Choice Clothes Doctor Yourself
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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Attitude Change Fact Happiness Inspirational Ourselves Past People Play
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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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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Attitude Decision Life Reaction Yourself
When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.
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Anxiety Fear Focus Insecurity Religion Satisfaction
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
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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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Dependent God Learning Ourselves Religion Strength Suffering
No, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task.
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Determination Direction Dreams Greatness Motivational Right Stay
Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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Believe Different Grace Life Live
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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God is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.
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Beautiful Break Confusion God Inspirational
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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Acceptance Control Discover Divine Dry Fact God Hard Hope Season Yourself
Make a plan now to keep a daily appointment with God. The enemy is going to tell you to set it aside, but you must carve out the time. If you’re too busy to meet with the Lord, friend, then you are simply too busy
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Busy Enemy Friendship God Planning Religion Simplicity Time Yourself
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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Decision Expectation God Greatness Life Principle Production Religion Right Spiritual Wisdom
The world has changed and it’s going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Change God Himself Religious Safety World

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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