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We shouldn’t deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.

Charles R. Swindoll

The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Forget Future Hold Hope Motivational Past
Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person’s day, week, or life.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Change Day Encouragement Inspirational Life Person
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
God doesn’t work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Execution Glory Greatness Ourselves Planning Time Work
Don’t expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. Wisdom comes privately from God as a byproduct of right decisions, godly reactions, and the application of spiritual principles to daily circumstances.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Decision Expectation God Greatness Life Principle Production Religion Right Spiritual Wisdom
Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Change Choice Pay Praise Prayer Strength Trust
Faith does not change my circumstances; faith changes me. Faith may not bring in the tuition check when I need it, but faith will give me what it takes to hang on.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Change Faith Hope Myself Need
It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day – not I.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Control Day God Help Myself Remember
A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Care Compassionate Earth Heaven Inspirational Spiritual Tears
We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Attitude Change Fact Happiness Inspirational Ourselves Past People Play
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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Alone Care Commitment Compassionate Disappoint God Hard Himself Love People Reason
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
God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a druggist fills your prescription. The Lord doesn’t promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Drugs Encouragement Enough God Himself Moments Promise Strength
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
If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Chance Criticism Inspirational Word 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

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