If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don’t you be bothered with him – leave him at the throne.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLOn tough days, you gotta have heart. Don’t quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable.
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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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God is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.
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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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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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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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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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Vision is the ability to see God’s presence, to perceive God’s power, to focus on God’s plan in spite of the obstacles.
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Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
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One of the problems with worry is that it keeps you from enjoying what you have.
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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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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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Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.
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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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We can’t solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.
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