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[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.

Charles R. Swindoll

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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Change Faith Hope Myself Need
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Choice Exercise God Himself Natural Spiritual Thinking Trust
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

God Himself Humility Trust Wait
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Breathe Capacity Change Day Dreams Encouragement Human Inspirational Life Man Power Thinking Transformation Woman
I’m here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Adversity Attention Guard Spirit Yourself
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Face Faith God Himself Problem Safety Time Trust
Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you!
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Demand Forget God Life People Time Yourself
Another problem with worry is that it makes you forget your worth. Worry makes you feel worthless, forgotten, and unimportant.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Feeling Forget Important Problem Worry Worth
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. SWINDOLL

Blame Flow Forgiveness Life Live Love Need Offense Quick Wasted Time Willing
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Alone Care Commitment Compassionate Disappoint God Hard Himself Love People Reason
Don’t get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Adapt Better Enjoyment Fear Generosity Live Old Trust
The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Forget Future Hold Hope Motivational Past
Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Commitment Compromise Deep Inspirational Life Ourselves Sin
The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Beautiful Encouragement Religion
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. SWINDOLL

Community Greatness Heart Inspirational Jealous Life Love People Satisfaction Spiritual Worth Yourself
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. SWINDOLL

Attitude Change Fact Happiness Inspirational Ourselves Past People Play

[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.

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[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.

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