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. SWINDOLLFocusing 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.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, “Lord, this is Your battle.”
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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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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 are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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Don’t seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
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When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.
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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.
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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don’t you be bothered with him – leave him at the throne.
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One of the problems with worry is that it keeps you from enjoying what you have.
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it’s okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.
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You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
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