01c. 1934 ADIf your motive is in any way to promote greatness for yourself, you're in the wrong calling.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
02c. 1934 AD...ask yourself, "Who's getting the glory in this ministry?" You see, if we do ministry OUR way, it won't be for His glory, because our ways are not His ways.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
03c. 1934 ADI cannot at the same time accept the glory and give God the glory... Glorifying God means being occupied with and committed to His ways rather than preoccupied with and determined my own way. It is being so thrilled with Him, so devoted to Him, so committed to Him that we cannot get enough of Him!Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
04c. 1934 ADThe ministry of the church is a genuine concern for others. We need to stop talking about it and start doing it. Rise.Rise and shine, friend. Everyone you meet today is on heaven's Most Wanted list.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
05c. 1934 ADIn many (most?) churches there are programs and activities... but so little worship. There are songs and anthems and musicals... but so little worship. There are announcements and readings and prayers... but so little worship.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
06c. 1934 AD[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 / quote ↗
07c. 1934 ADIn 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 / quote ↗
08c. 1934 ADWe cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
09c. 1934 ADThe remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
10c. 1934 ADWhen you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
12c. 1934 ADEach day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
13c. 1934 ADThere is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
14c. 1934 ADYou and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us has been tainted with evil. It touches everything. Without the redeeming power of Christ we cannot halt our own moral slide.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
15c. 1934 ADA family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
16c. 1934 ADThe difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
17c. 1934 ADThe 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 / quote ↗
18c. 1934 ADIt 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.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
19c. 1934 ADWe are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
20c. 1934 ADWe can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
21c. 1934 ADI 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 / quote ↗
22c. 1934 ADIt's the most exciting thing to watch God work when I've asked him about something, to listen to him and watch him work. It's like this friendship, and it just grows and grows and grows and grows.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
24c. 1934 ADLife is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.Charles R. Swindoll / quote ↗
