We aren’t just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLStrength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.
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I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position.
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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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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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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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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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It’s a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.
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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.
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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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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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Prayer 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.
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Refuse to let your situation determine your attitude.
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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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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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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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