Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLDon’t get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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Friends make life a lot more fun.
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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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When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.
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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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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?’
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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, “Lord, this is Your battle.”
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It’s a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.
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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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Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
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One of the problems with worry is that it keeps you from enjoying what you have.
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I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position.
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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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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
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Don’t seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
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It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day – not I.
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Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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We 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.
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[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.
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Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity.
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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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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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Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.
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The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
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People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
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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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