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.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLAll 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.
More Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
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Don’t seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
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I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position.
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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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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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The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
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The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.
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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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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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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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God never asked us to meet life’s pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.
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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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Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.
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Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.
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Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity.
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No marriage is “too dead” for the Lord to restore.
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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?
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A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
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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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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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Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God’s point of view.
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If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.
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Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.
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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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Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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