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We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.

Charles R. Swindoll

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Charles R. Swindoll
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: October 18
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Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
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Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you!
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On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.
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Go God's way! His is the most reliable route to follow when life gets complicated. It will have its tough moments, but you will never regret it.
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you're not.
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Do not lean on your own understanding. That means don't bring in the crutches and lean on them, those crutches that you have designed and made to handle such situations. Stay away from them. Don't lean on them lean on God.
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Like sin itself, Satan appeals to the senses. He originated and perfected the art of disguising evil as good.
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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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It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives.
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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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I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real.
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There are times we need to tell ourselves, Good job! when we know that is true.
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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.
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Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.
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Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives us greater ability to look past life's trials and remain calm in the midst of what others would call chaos.
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And when God steps in, His working is like the difference between a skyscraper and a star.
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Many seducers clutter the simple message of the gospel with legalistic additions, with convoluted attempts to legitimize moral compromise, and with psychological theories that turn churches into relational support groups instead of houses of worship.
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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.
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