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Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.

Charles R. Swindoll

Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Change Choice Pay Praise Prayer Strength Trust
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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Choice Exercise God Himself Natural Spiritual Thinking Trust
Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, “Lord, this is Your battle.”
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Battle Faith God Learning Sick Talk Worry Yourself
The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
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Beautiful Hard Time Inspirational Motivational Root Strong Wind
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
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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Burn Faith Light Person Torch 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
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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Earth Inspirational Love Place Purpose Reason Religion Religious Worth
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
We continually encounter hardships. People disappoint us. We disappoint ourselves. But God is constant and compassionate. We are not alone. He cares. Against all reason, the transcendent God loves us so much that He has committed Himself to us.
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Alone Care Commitment Compassionate Disappoint God Hard Himself Love People Reason
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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Change Faith Hope Myself Need
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Adversity Attention Guard Spirit Yourself
Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you!
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Demand Forget God Life People Time Yourself
Acceptance is taking from God’s hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
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Acceptance Blessing Face God Himself Religion Thankful Trust
People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
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Beautiful Flower Garden God Himself Intimacy People Relationship
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
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Build Character Family Live Place Principle

Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.

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Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.

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