Acceptance is taking from God’s hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLWe 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.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provision is God’s responsibility, not ours. We are merely called to commit what we have – even if it’s no more than a sack lunch.
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Vision is the ability to see God’s presence, to perceive God’s power, to focus on God’s plan in spite of the obstacles.
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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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10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
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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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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!
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Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.
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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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Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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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.
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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.
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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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One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable.
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