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?
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLThe past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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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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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.
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Let`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.
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We really shouldn’t look like a church.’ I’ve heard that so much I want to vomit. ‘Why?’ I ask. ‘Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor’s office to look like a doctor’s office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?’
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
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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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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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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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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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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.
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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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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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