Let`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLI’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.
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God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
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On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don’t quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
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The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith – which He has given – and then push it open and walk through.
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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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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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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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God’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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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 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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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.
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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
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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 have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.
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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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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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Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends
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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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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.
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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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You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change
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Don’t seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
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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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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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