Chuck Swindoll Quotes

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What is God looking for? He is looking for men and women whose hearts are completely His - completely.

Chuck Swindoll
The secret to responsible trust is acceptance. Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving, knowing that the confinement of the hedge we're in is good and for His glory. Even though what we're enduring may be painful, it's good simply because God Himself has allowed it.

Chuck Swindoll
There are times we need to tell ourselves, "Good job!" when we know that is true.

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

Chuck Swindoll
The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.

Chuck Swindoll
It's not enough merely to believe there is a God. You must believe in the God who is there.

Chuck Swindoll
From the tiny birds of the air and from the fragile lilies of the field, we learn the same truth, which is so important for those who desire to live a life of simple faith: God takes care of His own. He knows our needs. He anticipates our crises. He is moved by our weaknesses. He stands ready to come to our rescue. And at just the right moment, He steps in and proves Himself as our faithful heavenly Father.

Chuck Swindoll
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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The world has changed and it's going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.

Chuck Swindoll
The Promised Land was a tangible representation of God's ultimate desire for His people, but they failed to comprehend His gift for at least three reasons: It was unconditionally promised, it was outrageously generous, and it was absolutely free. None of those make sense in the world as we know it...

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Servants must be big people. Big enough to go on, remembering the right and forgetting the wrong.

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It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day - not I.

Chuck Swindoll
When we have God in clear focus, His powerful presence eclipses our fear.

Chuck Swindoll
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.

Chuck Swindoll
The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping.

Chuck Swindoll
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.

Chuck Swindoll
This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness

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Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth.

Chuck Swindoll
God alone is perfectly and consistently just. We forget; God remembers. We see an action; God sees a motive. This qualifies Him as the best recordkeeper and judge.

Chuck Swindoll
Precious few are those who can live in the lap of luxury... who can keep their moral, spiritual and financial equilibrium... while balancing on the elevated tightrope of success.... there is about one in a hundred who can dance to the tune of success without paying the piper named Compromise.

Chuck Swindoll
God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.

Chuck Swindoll
Only you can determine your choice of attitude. Choose wisely, choose carefully, choose confidently!

Chuck Swindoll
When you pray, pray so that you may know Him. When you seek to simplify, do it as a means of knowing Him more. When you surrender, or behave with humility or sacrifice, do it with the sole purpose in mind to know Him.

Chuck Swindoll
Learning more truth is a poor and cheap substitute for stopping and putting into action the truth already learned

Chuck Swindoll
If you never get criticized, chances are you aren't getting anything done.

Chuck Swindoll