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If you put your faith in yourself and your abilities, intellect and dreams, then your foundation is only as strong as you are.

Charles Stanley

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Charles Stanley
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: September 25
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Charles Frazier Stanley
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Nations fight against nations, in marriages people fight against each other, children fight against each other. We are in warfare, in a national warfare, and in warfare with each other and with ourselves.
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We are to forgive so that we may enjoy God's goodness without feeling the weight of anger burning deep within our hearts. Forgiveness does not mean we recant the fact that what happened to us was wrong. Instead, we roll our burdens onto the Lord and allow Him to carry them for us.
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The Holy Spirit's power cannot be harnessed. His power cannot be used to accomplish anything other than the Father's will. He is not a candy dispenser. He is not a vending machine. He is not a genie waiting for someone to rub His lamp the right way. He is holy God.
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When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.
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God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel.
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If you have an anxiety lay it down before The Lord
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There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.
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If you tell God 'no' because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say 'yes' to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience.
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A man can preach no better than he prays.
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God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.
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(Discouragement) Can be temporary-or it can destroy our life. The choice is ours. If we refuse to deal with discouragement head-on, we are opening the door for it to completely dominate our life.
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From Genesis to Revelation, here's the central message: God Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit of God, the Triune God is in control of all things, period.
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There is nothing worse than a life filled with adversity from which nothing good ever comes.
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The reason so many of us struggle so intensely with adversity is that we have yet to adopt God's perspective and priorities.
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Your life is going to be determined by your prayer life.
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To become God's mighty servants, we must decide whether we will base our life on His priorities or the world's. The two are incompatible.
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Brokenness is God’s requirement for maximum usefulness.
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I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it.
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Often times God wants us to sit before Him in quietness. He doesn't want us to do all the talking. As Is. 30:15 says In quiet and confidence will be your strength.
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I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it.
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