10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLWe 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.
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Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.
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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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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.
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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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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.
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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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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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If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
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Refuse to let your situation determine your attitude.
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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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Acceptance is taking from God’s hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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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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God is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.
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