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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 5b9de5b | NOBODIES HAVE LASTING SIGNIFICANCE | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 4d96ca7 | Grace strips away the tin, rips off the masks, helps us to be ourselves so that when we speak of our faith it rings true. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 27c1bea | Sound advice comes from veterans of pain. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 40c9c37 | We gain the ability to rejoice under pressure through a carefully monitored training program directed by the Lord Himself. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 3c8672e | Second, always speak the truth without fear. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 43cc90f | The world is waiting to hear an authentic voice, a voice from God--not an echo of what others are doing and saying, but an authentic voice. --A. W. Tozer3 | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| cbada41 | This section of Scripture reminds me of the rows of white crosses along the wind-swept hills of Normandy. We're free today because, in June 1944, during the three-month battle of Normandy, nearly fifty-three thousand "nobodies" paid the ultimate price to defeat Nazi tyranny. No fewer than 9, 387 grave markers overlook Omaha Beach, many of them bearing the names of men who died during the first hours of the invasion called D-day. Beneath eve.. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| a97fc90 | Isn't God the one who urges us to "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord"? Why do we always think that means singing? Seems to me the most obvious joyful sound on earth is laughter... I've seen folks quote verses like "Rejoice in the Lord always" while their faces look like they just buried a rich uncle who willed everything to his pregnant guinea pig. Something is missing." | joyful-noise laugh laughter philippians | Charles R. Swindoll | |
| 9844acc | Unfair suffering is never funny. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| ef3691f | ask yourself, "Who's getting the glory in this ministry?" You see, if we do ministry OUR way, it won't be for His glory, because our ways are not His ways." | glorifying-god god life wake-up | Charles R. Swindoll | |
| 2e02235 | We are fortified by exemplary lives, especially those who have earned the right to be respected by their character, sacrifice, patience, and ability to press on in spite of hardship, injustice, pain, and failure. Our heroes do not have to be perfect. They must, however be courageous, authentic, clear-minded, and determined to endure no matter the sacrifice or cost. We need heroes of integrity and consistency, admirable men and women we can .. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 642ba5c | Grace releases people not only from sin but from shame. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| cbf442c | You may have had big-time plans in your life-major league dreams that haven't panned out. You were going to write a best-selling book, but the opportunities just haven't come along. Are you willing to write for your church newsletter? | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| adfef21 | CAUGHT, NOT TAUGHT 1 Corinthians 4 Some things are better felt than telt," say our Scottish friends. And that is so true. Take insight, for example--that elusive weave of intuition, perception, alertness, and sensitivity. You just can't teach it. You can, however, nurture it. You can even expand it. But there's no one-two-three process that suddenly makes one insightful. Yet insight is essential in things like teaching or counseling or writ.. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| e836a9d | 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. We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it avail.. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| f0d029e | A warning is in order. Reject any teaching that even suggests material wealth, physical health, or favorable circumstances have anything to do with the amount of faith you have or how pleased God happens to be with you. And beware those who teach that financial donations will unlock an endless abundance of God's blessings. They are false shepherds who will rob you of your money and destroy your relationship with God. The "faith" they procla.. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 406776c | Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" (v. 17). This means there is also an absence of expectations." | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 1f8533b | Yet, those who are truly honest and humble enough to admit the truth come to the end of their earthly lives acknowledging that they have barely scratched the surface. | Charles R. Swindoll | ||
| 67a9b97 | Jan Gies won't need to. He'll let his wife ride piggyback, and then Miep | Anne Frank | ||
| 2ae55d5 | unrequited love is the best kind. But I can tell you with certainty, Robbie, that the other kind of love, the kind I received from your father for more than two decades, is far more necessary. | Jan Ellison | ||
| f68f444 | He needed the warmth of the sun to take away the chill of foreboding that grew in him. | foreboding sun warmth | Francine Rivers | |
| b199d63 | Therefore, behold, I will allure her, bring her into the wilderness, and speak kindly to her. Then I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. HOSEA 2 : 14 - 15 A | Francine Rivers | ||
| 7fba648 | suffering brought endurance in order that one might be strengthened for whatever lay ahead. | Francine Rivers | ||
| 57fd1b7 | Bithia seemed wise in the ways of the world, but she was completely ignorant of what she brought upon herself. Commerce with the powers of darkness might gain her what she desired for the moment, but at what cost in the end? | ignorant world | Francine Rivers | |
| 3cc455e | It's not for me to condemn anyone, no matter what they do, but I fear for her. God knows. | Francine Rivers | ||
| 20b4244 | Never doubt in the darkness what God has given us in the light. | doubt god light | Francine Rivers | |
| 6ed8414 | Life is like a pond, and every decision and act we commit, good or bad, is a pebble flung into it. The ripples spread in widening circles. | pond | Francine Rivers | |
| cc1b3be | The appeal was so often the same: Make me comfortable so I can go on doing whatever I want to do. They wanted sin without consequences. | sin | Francine Rivers | |
| b5f29b7 | Juan Garcia began putting chairs upside down on the tables. Gathering Mr. Packard's spoon, cup, and saucer, Dynah watched the old man walk stiffly across the room. His arthritis was troubling him again. | Francine Rivers | ||
| 63da41c | He needed to get away from the rush of the city, from the unceasing noise and annoying obligations. | city noise obligations rush unceasing | Francine Rivers | |
| 08adbc3 | And the answers had always come down to trusting God, obeying Him, accepting His will, knowing there was a purpose in what was happening even if they couldn't see it. But sometimes the pain seemed unbearable. | Francine Rivers | ||
| 769cd42 | Perhaps it was the approach of death that had opened his eyes wide and made him see so clearly. | eyes | Francine Rivers | |
| 2231a6d | Jim looked into her tear-washed eyes and saw her anguish. For a moment it was as though he shared a measure of the bitter brew--and felt poisoned. She smiled sadly. "Everything was done properly. The right equipment, a sterile environment. Just like you were saying to Dynah. But it wasn't all right, Jim." "What do you mean?" "I couldn't have children. When Doug and I got married, I wanted a baby more than anything, maybe to atone for what I.. | Francine Rivers | ||
| 06f3fc3 | One person standing on the Rock can throw a lifeline to others drowning in the sea. He | Francine Rivers | ||
| 44a29ef | Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself. PHILIPPIANS 2 : 3 | Francine Rivers | ||
| bbddbed | Only later did he remember his pride-and the shattering cost of an illusive sense of freedom. | freedom illusive pride remember | Francine Rivers | |
| 0689f60 | Jesus was with her, but she couldn't see Him; she couldn't touch Him. Never one for hugs and kisses from anyone but Niclas, she missed human touch. Why | Francine Rivers | ||
| 3949826 | Love one another as he loves. Love with strength and purpose and passion and no matter what comes against you. Don't weaken. Stand against the darkness, and love. That's the way back into Eden. That's the way back to life. | Francine Rivers | ||
| 65d9685 | It broke her heart, but a good mother teaches her children to fly. Some, | Francine Rivers | ||
| 6830551 | Whatever happens to me, the Lord is always with you. | Francine Rivers | ||
| 6b02d41 | We're Christians. We have to care what people think. The appearance of wrongdoing, remember? I'm not going to move in with you had have people think we're living in sin. What sort of witness would that be? | impressions sin witness | Francine Rivers | |
| 0579568 | He had the tool to break down the walls that imprisoned his people. He had the tool to rip away the veil to the Holy of Holies so that his flock could come before the Lord and be cleansed, made whole, transformed, and have a personal, loving relationship with their creator. That very tool san on Hannah's bookshelf right now, gathering dust until Sunday morning. Her Savior was there, waiting to speak to her and show her the way home again, t.. | god-s-word pastor word-of-god-speak | Francine Rivers | |
| 33450bb | Lord, you are God! You made us. Who better to know how to fix us when we've gone wrong? who better to set us to rights again? Who better to love us through the fire and refine us into something beautiful and useful despite our wrongs? | god lord prayer refined-by-fire | Francine Rivers | |
| 27771b7 | Hormonal changes permanently alter the breast's structure. And when a pregnancy is terminated through abortion, the process is interrupted, which leaves cells in a sate of transition. And they say cells in this state have a very high risk of becoming cancerous. So the woman's chances of developing breast cancer later in life my be greatly increased. | cancer | Francine Rivers |