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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLWe 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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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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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provision is God’s responsibility, not ours. We are merely called to commit what we have – even if it’s no more than a sack lunch.
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The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
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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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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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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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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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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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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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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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God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.
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The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
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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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When you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you’ll get to rest and relax until He says, ‘Go.
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