Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don’t waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us. Love that quickly forgives, willingly overlooks, and refuses to take offense.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLFaith 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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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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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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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.
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The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
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Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.
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When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.
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It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day – not I.
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Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn’t complicated. ‘I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.’ We complicate what God has made simple by seeing the world through human eyes. We want to see in order to believe and presume that our limitations are His.
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If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
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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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The world has changed and it’s going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.
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Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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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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All he asks is that we trust Him, that we stand before Him in integrity and faith. God is just waiting for us to trust Him.
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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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