A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLGod 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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Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
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Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.
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[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.
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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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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.
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The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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God is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.
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We shouldn’t deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.
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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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There is no counsel like God’s counsel. No comfort like His comfort. No wisdom more profound than the wisdom of the Scriptures.
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If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
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A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
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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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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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