People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLThe stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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Don’t seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
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Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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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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10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
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When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.
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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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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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The world has changed and it’s going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.
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God’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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Friends make life a lot more fun.
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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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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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If we choose to be offended when we don’t get our own way, Then we’re going to live constantly on the edge of anger. But if we say to ourselves, ” A merry heart does good like a medicine,” It’ll make all the difference in the world.
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If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.
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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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