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. SWINDOLLDream big don’t let anybody or anything break your wishbone. Stay strong, full of faith, and courageous. Keep that backbone straight. And along the way, don’t forget to laugh and enjoy the journey.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
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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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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.
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Focusing 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.
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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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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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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don’t quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
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One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable.
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Faith does not change my circumstances; faith changes me. Faith may not bring in the tuition check when I need it, but faith will give me what it takes to hang on.
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God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.
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Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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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 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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