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1. "Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
2. "When I have a wrong attitude, I look at life humanly. When I have a right attitude, I look at life divinely." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
3. "It takes faith to find personal significance in your relationship with God rather than how much money you earn, how beautiful you look, how many toys you own, how many trophies you collect, or how much territory you conquer and control." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
4. "Peter must have thought, "Who am I compared to Mr. Faithfulness (John)?" But Jesus clarified the issue. John was responsible for John. Peter was responsible for Peter. And each had only one command to heed: "Follow Me." (John 21:20-22)" ~ Charles R. Swindoll
5. "I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
6. "Peter's destiny lay along a different path from John's. And your calling is unlike anyone else's. But the call remains the same: "Follow Me!" ~ Charles R. Swindoll
7. "Let your passion become a passionate pursuit of Me. And as you follow, the sheep will follow.' (John 21:20-22)" ~ Charles R. Swindoll
8. "While God is not the author of evil and He never prompts or condones sin, nothing occurs without His sovereign oversight. Others may choose to do evil deeds and God's people may suffer in the short term, but He will transform the evil intentions of evil people into opportunities for the enrichment of those in His care." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
9. "Like sin itself, Satan appeals to the senses. He originated and perfected the art of disguising evil as good." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
10. "In order to cease our striving, we must transfer our trust away from our own abilities, our own accomplishments, our own strength, and place it on His provision." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
11. "Jesus never commanded believers to produce fruit. Fruit is the *purpose* of the branch, but it is not the *responsibility* of the branch. The branch cannot produce anything on it's own. However, if it remains attached to the vine, it will receive life-sustaining sap, nourishment, strength, everything it needs." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
12. "At least one indication of unbelief is the tendency to measure life's challenges against our own adequacy instead of God's promises. To enter our Sabbath rest, we must put an end to self-reliance - trusting in our own abilities to overcome difficulties, rise above challenges, escape tragedies, or achieve personal greatness." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
13. "Disagreements are inevitable. There will always be opposing viewpoints and a variety of perspectives on most subjects. Tastes differ as well as preferences. That is why they make vanilla and chocolate and strawberry ice cream, why they build Fords and Chevys, Chryslers and Cadillacs, Hondas and Toyotas. That is why our nation has room for Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals - and moderates. The tension is built into our system. It is what freedom is all about, including religious freedom.I am fairly firm in my theological convictions, but that doesn't mean you (or anyone) must agree with me. All this explains why we must place so much importance on leaving "wobble room" in our relationships. One's theological persuasion may not bend, but one's involvement with others must." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
14. "Real integrity stays in place whether the test in adversity or prosperity." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
15. "Learning more truth is a poor and cheap substitute for stopping and putting into action the truth already learned" ~ Charles R. Swindoll
16. "Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief" ~ Charles R. Swindoll
17. "To be "in Christ" is to place one's trust in Him for salvation from sin. To be "in Christ" is to trust His goodness, not our own; to trust that His sacrificial death on the cross paid the complete debt of death we owe for our sin; to trust that His resurrection gives us eternal life instead of relying upon our own ability to please God. To be "in Christ" is to claim, by faith, the free gift of salvation. To be "in Christ" is to enjoy a completely restored relationship with our Father in heaven by virtue of His Son's righteous standing." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
18. "God has called His creation to find satisfaction in a personal relationship with Him, and stop trying to manage the world by conforming it to our expectations, and to allow Him to govern His creation. He continues to say through an ancient Hebrew worship song, "Be still and know that I am God!" ~ Charles R. Swindoll
19. "In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna--a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night--to sustain the wandering Israelites and to teach them how to value His Word more than physical fulfillment." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
20. "Someone has said,"Education is going from an unconscious to conscious awareness of one's ignorance."..No one has a corner on wisdom. All the name-dropping in the world does not heighten the significance of our character. If anything, it reduces it. Our acute need is to cultivate a willingness to learn and to remain teachable." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
21. "[Jesus] plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say "you *might* be my witnesses," or "you *could* be my witnesses," or even "you *should* be my witnesses." He said "you *will* be my witnesses." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
22. "Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
23. "Life...as God intended it enables us to live above the drag of fear, superstition, shame, pessimism, guilt, anxiety, worry, and all the negativity that keeps people from seizing each day as a gift from Him." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
24. "When we panic, we instinctively turn to our own internal resources because we doubt Him." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
25. "Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
26. "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
27. "Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
28. "A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
29. "I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
30. "A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
31. "Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
32. "The world has changed and it's going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
33. "When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
34. "The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
35. "Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
36. "I am often the brunt of my own humor." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
37. "In other words Jesus went into the desert to confront His enemy and throw down the gauntlet. He would prove Himself to be the legitimate shepherd of Israel by overcoming the temptations that had undone all of Israel's previous kings, including His mighty ancestor, King David." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
38. "Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
39. "Sin may have the power to kill and destroy, but God is the Creator of life. He can create it from nothing, and He can restore it from death.(John 11:25-26)" ~ Charles R. Swindoll
40. "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." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
41. "It's not enough merely to believe there is a God. You must believe in the God who is there." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
42. "To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
43. "[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
44. "The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provision is God's responsibility, not ours. We are merely called to commit what we have - even if it's no more than a sack lunch." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
45. "If you aren't vigilant, if you aren't daily humbling yourself before Him, seeking His face, discerning His timing, operating under the Spirit's control, you may push and shove and force your way prematurely into that place where God wanted you, but you will not have arrived in His own time." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
46. "You and I can become so dedicated to the will of God, we can be so driven by a false sense of purpose, that we might inadvertently take matters into our own hands and leave God completely out of the loop." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
47. "We gain the ability to rejoice under pressure through a carefully monitored training program directed by the Lord Himself." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
48. "Tribulation brings about perseverance." Thlipsis cultivates hypomon which means "remaining under" in the literal sense and "patiently enduring" in the figurative. Naturally, when the pressure builds we should take reasonable measures to relieve the discomfort. No one is suggesting we volunteer for pain or ignore the opportunity to eliminate it. But sometimes there is no solution, no remedy, no relief. Sometimes we cannot avoid or escape the pressure. When that happens, we deliberately choose to "remain under" and to do so with graceful and calm dignity." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
49. "...when you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you'll get to rest and relax until He says, 'Go." ~ Charles R. Swindoll
50. "hold it loosely" ~ Charles R. Swindoll
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