Charles R. Swindoll on acceptance
Charles R. Swindoll108 quotes“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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Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll 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.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll 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. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll It’s a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll Another problem with worry is that it makes you forget your worth. Worry makes you feel worthless, forgotten, and unimportant.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll 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.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll 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.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll
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Yet this is the watch by night. Let us all accept new strength, and real tenderness. And at dawn, armed with glowing patience, we will enter the cities of glory.
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