We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be.
OSWALD CHAMBERSA saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus.
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God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments.
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No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God’s will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.
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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
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Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift OF GOD.
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The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
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We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation.
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Fretting springs from a determination to get our own way.
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Get into the habit of saying, ”Speak, Lord,” and life will become a romance.
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The greatest test of a man’s character is his tongue.
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If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.
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There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.
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The way to grow strong in Christ is to become weak in yourself.
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We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
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Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.
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The greatest test of Christianity is the wear and tear of daily life; it is like the shining of silver: the more it is rubbed the brighter it grows.
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