We shouldn’t deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLGod is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
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Don’t get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.
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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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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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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.
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People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
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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.
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We aren’t just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose
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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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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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If we choose to be offended when we don’t get our own way, Then we’re going to live constantly on the edge of anger. But if we say to ourselves, ” A merry heart does good like a medicine,” It’ll make all the difference in the world.
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God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.
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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?
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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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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.
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