God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a druggist fills your prescription. The Lord doesn’t promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLMake a plan now to keep a daily appointment with God. The enemy is going to tell you to set it aside, but you must carve out the time. If you’re too busy to meet with the Lord, friend, then you are simply too busy
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position.
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God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
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Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.
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When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself.
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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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Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person’s day, week, or life.
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets
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Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.
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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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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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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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