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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLGod 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.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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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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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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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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You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
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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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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 can’t solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.
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People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets
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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.
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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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Friends make life a lot more fun.
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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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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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Don’t expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. Wisdom comes privately from God as a byproduct of right decisions, godly reactions, and the application of spiritual principles to daily circumstances.
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