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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLGod’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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We can’t solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.
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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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Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they 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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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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One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable.
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If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
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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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If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don’t you be bothered with him – leave him at the throne.
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No, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task.
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It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day – not I.
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God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.
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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity.
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