Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from affirming people’s unique worth. It also steals contentment from the heart. Is there anything or anyone you are envious of?
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLStrength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day – not I.
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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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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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Another problem with worry is that it makes you forget your worth. Worry makes you feel worthless, forgotten, and unimportant.
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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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It’s not enough merely to believe there is a God. You must believe in the God who is there.
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You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
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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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People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets
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Don’t seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
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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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The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
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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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A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
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Authentic men aren’t afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they’re sad, admit it when they’re wrong, and ask for help when they need it.
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