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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.

Charles R. Swindoll

Struggle, Church, One Day

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Jesus didn't come to earth to establish a new religion. He came to restore a broken relationship. He came to make the primary, primary again. The secondary activity of obedience to the law of God was always intended to serve the primary activity: to love God and enjoy Him forever. When that is primary, the secondary becomes a labor of love, a joyful, and "easy" burden to bear. (Matthew 11:28-30

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Jesus, Law, Broken

Charles R. Swindoll (2009). “Jesus: The Greatest Life of All”, p.84, Thomas Nelson

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One of my great goals in life is to live long enough to where I am in the pulpit, preaching my heart out, and I die on the spot, my chin hits the pulpit - boom! - and I'm down and out. What a way to die!

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Heart, Long, Goal

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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly.

Charles R. Swindoll

Accomplish

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To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God.

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God, Used, God Is There

Charles R. Swindoll (1993). “The Quest for Character: Inspirational Thoughts for Becoming More Like Christ”, p.38, Harper Collins

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Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having a contrite heart.

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Pain, Heart, Sorrow

Charles R. Swindoll (1998). “The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart”, p.319, Thomas Nelson Inc

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When I have a wrong attitude, I look at life humanly. When I have a right attitude, I look at life divinely.

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Attitude, Looks, Wrong Attitude

Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Great Days with the Great Lives: Daily Insight from Great Lives of the Bible”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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Promise, Doe, Would Be

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Excellence-moral, ethical, personal excellence-is worth whatever it costs.

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Motivational, Excellence, Cost

Charles R. Swindoll (2008). “Dear Graduate: Letters of Wisdom from Charles R. Swindoll”, Thomas Nelson Incorporated

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Grace is ours. Let's live it! Deny it or debate it and we kill it.

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Grace, Debate, Deny

Charles R. Swindoll (2006). “The Grace Awakening: Believing in Grace Is One Thing. Living it Is Another.”, p.3, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Not once does the Bible report that (Jesus) rushed anywhere. He was often busy, but never in a mad dash. And yet He perfectly accomplished all the Father designed for Him to do.

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Jesus, Father, Mad

Charles R. Swindoll (1981). “Make up your mind --about the issues of life”, Multnomah Publishers

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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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Simple, House, Support

Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

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God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life.

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Use, Significant, Ill

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Sometimes people can't see past us to hear our message. We never have a second chance to leave a first impression.

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Second Chance, Past, People

Charles R. Swindoll (2005). “Day by Day with Charles Swindoll”, p.107, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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Song, Expectations, Trying

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Worry is characteristic of the heathen, not the Christian.

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Christian, Worry, Characteristics

Charles R. Swindoll (2012). “Perfect Trust”, p.55, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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Christian, Religion, Sacred

Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.101, Thomas Nelson Inc

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GRACE: All you can do is take it.

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Grace, Can Do

Charles R. Swindoll (2006). “The Grace Awakening: Believing in Grace Is One Thing. Living it Is Another.”, p.29, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

Charles R. Swindoll

Life, Attitude, Impact

Charles R. Swindoll (1998). “The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart”, p.43, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Take charge of your thoughts!

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Charles R. Swindoll (1997). “The Family of God: Understanding Your Role in the Body of Christ”, Baptist Sunday School Board

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Rejoicing is clearly a spiritual command. To ignore it, I need to remind you, is disobedience.

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Spiritual, Needs, Rejoice

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Lead with action and let the feelings follow.

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Feelings, Action

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There is plenty of television. There are plenty of talk shows. There are plenty of comedians. But there is not plenty of worship of the true and living God.

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Comedian, Television, Worship

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It is often just as sacred to laugh as it is to pray.

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Laughing, Sacred, Praying

Charles R. Swindoll (1994). “Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life”, p.116, Zondervan

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Those who feed on rumors are small, suspicious souls.

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Soul, Rumor, Suspicious

Charles R. Swindoll (1994). “Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life”, p.122, Zondervan

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