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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLThe longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
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Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God’s point of view.
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God’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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Consistency: It’s the jewel worth wearing; It’s the anchor worth weighing; It’s the thread worth weaving; It’s a battle worth winning.
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God doesn’t work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.
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Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man’s or a woman’s shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being’s day, week, or life.
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10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
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The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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God never asked us to meet life’s pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.
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Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
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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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Friends make life a lot more fun.
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We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.
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