People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLWorry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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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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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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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man’s or a woman’s shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being’s day, week, or life.
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God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.
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Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
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God’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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God 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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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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You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
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Love has been called the most effective motivational force in all the world. When love is at work in us, it is remarkable how giving and forgiving, understanding and tolerant we can be.
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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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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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