Charles R. Swindoll Quotes About Religion
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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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Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core, a matter of faith.
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In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life.
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I don't see life divided into public and private, secular and sacred. It's all an open place of service before our God.
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God has not only created each of us as distinct individuals, He also uses us in significant ways.
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Worry and faith just don't mix.
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God seems to reward us with good, delightful experiences when we move with joy through the less-than-delightful times.
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On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
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God's timing is always on time.
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God alone is perfectly and consistently just. We forget; God remembers. We see an action; God sees a motive. This qualifies Him as the best recordkeeper and judge.
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Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
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The skeptic may deny your doctrine or attack your church but he cannot honestly ignore the fact that your life has been changed.
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When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities.
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What is God looking for? He is looking for men and women whose hearts are completely His - completely.
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If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze.
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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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People are far more important than rigid rules and demanding expectations.
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God has somehow placed into Christian's insides a special something, that extra inner reservoir of power that is more than a match for the stuff life throws at us.
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Some folks serve the almighty dollar far more faithfully than the Almighty God. They get greater delight out of balancing the budget than watching the Lord multiply the loaves and fishes.
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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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When we arrive at dilemmas in life and we are unable to decipher the right direction to go, if we hope to maintain our confidence in the process, we must (repeat must) allow the Lord to be our Guide, our Strength, our Wisdom - our all!
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That's what this thing called Christian life is all about, isn't it. Going . . . yet not knowing. As followers of our Lord we believe He leads us in a certain direction . . . or in pursuit of a precise goal.
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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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Our minds can be kept free of anxiety as we dump the load of our cares on the Lord in prayer.
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It is a pity that many Christians have the TV schedule better memorized than a single chapter for God's precious Word.
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Wouldn't you like to contribute to an event that is part of Christ's own prediction, "I will build my church"?
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Any idol, regardless of its beauty or usefulness or original purpose, is to be set aside so that Christ might reign supreme, without a single competitor.
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Servants must be big people. Big enough to go on, remembering the right and forgetting the wrong.
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Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it's okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.
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