We shouldn’t deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLPrayer 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.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.
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People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
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God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.
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Consistency: It’s the jewel worth wearing; It’s the anchor worth weighing; It’s the thread worth weaving; It’s a battle worth winning.
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If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.
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Faith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can’t light the torch of another if yours isn’t burning.
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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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A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
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You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
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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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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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Love has been called the most effective motivational force in all the world. When love is at work in us, it is remarkable how giving and forgiving, understanding and tolerant we can be.
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It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day – not I.
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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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The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
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