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Charles R. Swindoll

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Charles R. Swindoll
Age: 89
Born: 1934
Born: October 18
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Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will.
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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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Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
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If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.
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Grace releases and affirms. It doesn't smother. Grace values the dignity of individuals. It doesn't destroy. Grace supports and encourages. It isn't jealous or suspicious.
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Home is the bottom line of life, the anvil upon which attitudes and convictions are hammered out the single most influential force in our earthly existence. No price tag can adequately reflect its value.
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Leaders need to cultivate two things: a righteous heart and a rhinoceros skin.
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You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.
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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.
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We aren't just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose
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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!
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For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail.
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Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced you're taught it.
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While I was raised around churches and had gotten to know a few preachers fairly well, the thought never entered my head that I would one day stand and deliver. Not only was I not interested, I lived with a major struggle: I stuttered.
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The wonderful thing about God is he knows what we need to persuade us.
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Just as bank tellers need a thorough knowledge of legitimate currency in order to spot counterfeit bills, so Christians need a thorough knowledge of the Bible in order to spot bogus religious teachings. How grounded are you in the Scriptures? How deep are your theological roots? How capable are you of detecting false teachings?
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Worry is a complete waste of energy. It solves nothing.
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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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The Promised Land was a tangible representation of God's ultimate desire for His people, but they failed to comprehend His gift for at least three reasons: It was unconditionally promised, it was outrageously generous, and it was absolutely free. None of those make sense in the world as we know it.
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