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It’s not enough merely to believe there is a God. You must believe in the God who is there.

Charles R. Swindoll

The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
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Accomplishment God Greatness Himself Impossible Situation Work
Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it’s okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.
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Inspirational Mad Religion Right Yourself
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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Equality God Important Make Up Pain Story Struggle Unique Voice Word Yourself
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
Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends
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Choice Friendship Religion Wisdom
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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Absence Beautiful Control Game Goal Hide Honesty Live Meaning Need Politics Simplicity Truth
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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Door Faith Goodness Happiness Himself Key Walk
Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from affirming people’s unique worth. It also steals contentment from the heart. Is there anything or anyone you are envious of?
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Community Greatness Heart Inspirational Jealous Life Love People Satisfaction Spiritual Worth Yourself
One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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Authentic Fake People Worst Yourself
We 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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Focus Live Ourselves Pain
If we choose to be offended when we don’t get our own way, Then we’re going to live constantly on the edge of anger. But if we say to ourselves, ” A merry heart does good like a medicine,” It’ll make all the difference in the world.
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Angry Difference Goodness Heart Live Medicine Way World
There is no counsel like God’s counsel. No comfort like His comfort. No wisdom more profound than the wisdom of the Scriptures.
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Comfortable God Prayer Religion Scripture Wisdom
God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a druggist fills your prescription. The Lord doesn’t promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

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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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Acceptance Control Discover Divine Dry Fact God Hard Hope Season Yourself
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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Afraid Attention Authentic Children Cry Father Feeling Help Men Need Sad Wrong
Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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Believe Different Grace Life Live
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
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
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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Expectation God Himself Need Order Recovery Seek Slow Speed Voice Walk
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
Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God’s point of view.
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Deep Eyes God Life Simplicity View Wisdom
The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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Beautiful Encouragement Religion
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
Friends make life a lot more fun.
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Friendship Fun One Liner True
The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
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Attitude Day Happiness Inspirational Motivational Remark
If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
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Chance Criticism Inspirational Word Yourself
Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.
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Beautiful God Humanity Laughter Therapy

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