Chuck Swindoll Quotes

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And when God steps in, His working is like the difference between a skyscraper and a star.

Chuck Swindoll
We continually encounter hardships. People disappoint us. We disappoint ourselves. But God is constant and compassionate. We are not alone. He cares. Against all reason, the transcendent God loves us so much that He has committed Himself to us.

Chuck Swindoll
When a person does something, it has the man or woman look about it. It drips with humanity. You can follow the logic of it and see the meaning behind it.

Chuck Swindoll
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
Someone has said,"Education is going from an unconscious to conscious awareness of one's ignorance."..No one has a corner on wisdom. All the name-dropping in the world does not heighten the significance of our character. If anything, it reduces it. Our acute need is to cultivate a willingness to learn and to remain teachable.

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God never calls His people to accomplish anything without promising to supply their every need.

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When we panic, we instinctively turn to our own internal resources because we doubt Him.

Chuck Swindoll
There is an enormous difference between growing old in the Lord and growing up in Him. One is automatic and requires no effort at all... just aging. But the other is never automatic, or easy. It calls for personal discipline, continual determination, and spiritual desire. Churches are full of sleepy saints who are merely 'logging time' in God's family.

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Our great tendency in this age is to increase our speed, to run faster, even in the Christian life. In the process our walk with God stays shallow, and our tank runs low on fumes. Intimacy offers a full tank of fuel that can only be found by pulling up closer to God, which requires taking necessary time and going to the effort to make that happen.

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Grace releases and affirms. It doesn't smother. Grace values the dignity of individuals. It doesn't destroy. Grace supports and encourages. It isn't jealous or suspicious.

Chuck Swindoll
Two words will help you cope when you run low on hope: accept and trust.

Chuck Swindoll
When you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you'll get to rest and relax until He says, 'Go.

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

Chuck Swindoll
I don't have to explain or defend the will of God. My job is simply to obey it.

Chuck Swindoll
Faith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can't light the torch of another if yours isn't burning.

Chuck Swindoll
While God is not the author of evil and He never prompts or condones sin, nothing occurs without His sovereign oversight. Others may choose to do evil deeds and God's people may suffer in the short term, but He will transform the evil intentions of evil people into opportunities for the enrichment of those in His care.

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We gain the ability to rejoice under pressure through a carefully monitored training program directed by the Lord Himself.

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

Chuck Swindoll
God presents the Sabbath rest as a shelter we can enter. (Hebrews 4:1-11)

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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.

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Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.

Chuck Swindoll
The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.

Chuck Swindoll
We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.

Chuck Swindoll
A "godly" person is one who ceases to be self-centered in order to become God-centered.

Chuck Swindoll
Part of the thrill of guiding children into adulthood is the release. But it's also a parent's greatest act of surrender. Still, you have to let them go. Start now.

Chuck Swindoll
When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself.

Chuck Swindoll
People who are close to God cultivate a personal intimacy with Him like a good gardener cultivates beautiful flowers.

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.

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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.

Chuck Swindoll
It's the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.

Chuck Swindoll