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?’
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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Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God’s point of view.
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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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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.
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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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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it’s okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.
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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.
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Prayer is an investment. The time you dedicate to prayer isn’t lost; it will return dividends far greater than what a few moments spent on a task ever could. If we fail to cultivate this discipline, prayer winds up being our last resort rather than our first response.
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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.
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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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On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don’t quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
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Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends
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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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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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A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
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A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
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Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
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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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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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Another problem with worry is that it makes you forget your worth. Worry makes you feel worthless, forgotten, and unimportant.
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Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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Make 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
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It’s a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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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.
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