Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from affirming people’s unique worth. It also steals contentment from the heart. Is there anything or anyone you are envious of?
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.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.
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Don’t seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
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The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
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All he asks is that we trust Him, that we stand before Him in integrity and faith. God is just waiting for us to trust Him.
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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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It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day – not I.
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The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
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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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The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
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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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When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.
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Don’t get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.
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Friends make life a lot more fun.
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Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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No, the thing that makes for greatness is determination, persisting in the right direction over the long haul, following your dream, staying at the task.
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