Charles Stanley Quotes

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From the world's perspective, there are many places you can go to find comfort. But there is only one place you will find a hand to catch your tears and a heart to listen to your every longing. True peace comes only from God.

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God is honored by large, difficult, and impossible requests when we ask, seek, knock, and trust our loving Father always to answer for our good.

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Behavior is the substance of religion. Belief is the substance of relationship.

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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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The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.

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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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Thank the Lord for using each person as a tool in your life to deepen your insight into His grace and conforming you to the image of His Son.

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You may go through difficulty, hardship, or trial—but as long as you are anchored to Him, you will have hope.

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If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding.

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When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.

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Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do.

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The dark moments of our life will last only so long as is necessary for God to accomplish His purpose in us.

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If God has positioned us in a certain place, we must leave all the details to Him.

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Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou.

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He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.

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Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

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As you walk through the valley of the unknown, you will find the footprints of Jesus both in front of you and beside you.

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Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.

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The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord's discipline - whether nations, cities, or individuals - suffer devastating consequences.

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We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.

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Suffering prepares you by training you to trust God and know that He is always at work in your life.

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Romantic love reaches out in little ways, showing attention and admiration. Romantic love remembers what pleases a woman, what excites her, and what surprises her. Its actions whisper; you are the most special person in my life.

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There is nothing worse than a life filled with adversity from which nothing good ever comes.

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I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time.

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