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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.

Charles R. Swindoll

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. SWINDOLL

Burn Faith Light Person Torch Yourself
It’s not enough merely to believe there is a God. You must believe in the God who is there.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Believe Enough God Yourself
We 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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Choice Exercise God Himself Natural Spiritual Thinking Trust
God never asked us to meet life’s pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Demand God Goodness Himself Life Pressure Strength Win
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. SWINDOLL

Community Greatness Heart Inspirational Jealous Life Love People Satisfaction Spiritual Worth Yourself
Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives us greater ability to look past life’s trials and remain calm in the midst of what others would call chaos.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Ability Focus God Intense Life Natural Past Peace Religious Result Stability Style
People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Bridge Death End Inspirational Path People Religion
Another problem with worry is that it makes you forget your worth. Worry makes you feel worthless, forgotten, and unimportant.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Feeling Forget Important Problem Worry Worth
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Expectation God Himself Need Order Recovery Seek Slow Speed Voice Walk
On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don’t quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Day Heart Perseverance Quit Religion Tough Yourself
When you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you’ll get to rest and relax until He says, ‘Go.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

God Himself Humility Trust Wait
I’m here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Adversity Attention Guard Spirit Yourself
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Blessing Face Greatness Impossible Inspirational Life Motivational Opportunity Situation
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Face Faith God Himself Problem Safety Time Trust
If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Blessing Compassionate God Inspirational Kindness Live People
The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Beautiful Encouragement Religion

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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