“Grace has to be the loveliest word in the English language. It embodies almost every attractive quality we hope to find in others. Grace is a gift of the humble to the humiliated. Grace acknowledges the ugliness of sin by choosing to see beyond it. Grace accepts a person as someone worthy of kindness despite whatever grime or hard-shell casing keeps him or her separated from the rest of the world. Grace is a gift of tender mercy when it makes the least sense.”1
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”
“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”
“Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.”
“God is a specialist at making something useful and beautiful out of something broken and confused.”
“Today is unique! It has never occurred and it will never be repeated. At midnight it will end, quietly, suddenly, totally. Forever. But the hours between now and then are opportunities with eternal possibilities.”
“Choose to view life through God’s eyes. This will not be easy because it doesn’t come naturally to us. We cannot do this on our own. We have to allow God to elevate our vantage point. Start by reading His Word, the Bible…Pray and ask God to transform your thinking. Let Him do what you cannot. Ask Him to give you an eternal, divine perspective.”
“The world has changed and it’s going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.”
“God would love to piece together the shattered fragments of your life. But He is waiting … graciously waiting until the time is right. Until you are tired of the life you are living … until you see it for what it really is. Until you are weary of coping … of taking charge of your own life … until you realize the mess you are making of it. Until you recognize your need for Him … He’s waiting.”
“Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth.”
“Joy springs from a life lived with eternity’s values in view.”
“You can choose to be a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement.”
“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
“If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze.”
“A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.”
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
“Encouragement is awesome. It can actually change the course of another person’s day, week, or life.”
“Emmanuel. God with us. He who resided in Heaven, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, willingly descended into our world. He breathed our air, felt our pain, knew our sorrows, and died for our sins. He didn’t come to frighten us, but to show us the way to warmth and safety.”
“If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don’t you be bothered with him – leave him at the throne.”
“Few things are more infectious than a godly lifestyle. The people you rub shoulders with everyday need that kind of challenge. Not prudish. Not preachy. Just cracker jack clean living. Just honest to goodness, bone – deep, non-hypocritical integrity.”
“The world’s smallest package is a man wrapped up in himself.”
“Instead of concentrating on your problems and getting discouraged, focus on God and meditate on His promises for you. You may have fallen down, but you don’t have to stay down. God is ready, willing, and able to pick you up.”
“We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate.”
“Walk by faith! Stop the plague of worry. Relax! Learn to say, ‘Lord, this is Your battle.’”
“God doesn’t work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.”
1 All of the following quotes are from the websites below:
Charles R. Swindoll Quotes (Author of The Grace Awakening)
TOP 25 QUOTES BY CHARLES R. SWINDOLL (of 353) | A-Z Quotes
Charles R. Swindoll Quotes – BrainyQuote
33 Chuck Swindoll Quotes | ChristianQuotes.info