Quotes from Charles R. Swindoll

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

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.

It is in lonely solitude that God delivers His best thoughts, and the mind needs to be still and quiet to receive them.

It's the most exciting thing to watch God work when I've asked him about something, to listen to him and watch him work. It's like this friendship, and it just grows and grows and grows and grows.

God's forgiveness extends to the worst offenders and to anyone who wishes to receive it-not because of who we are, but because of who He is.

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

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

If God's people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be - it must be - compassion.

God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.

Don't be afraid of outgiving God. It is impossible to do that.

There is plenty of television. There are plenty of talk shows. There are plenty of comedians. But there is not plenty of worship of the true and living God.

Choose to view life through God's eyes.

We want the safety of yesterday even though we know it's not where God would have us.

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

God is a specialist when the anguish is deep. His ability to heal the soul is profound...but only to those who rely on His wounded Son will experience relief.

God declared me righteous!

It's not our church; it's God's - it's not our responsibility to run it!

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.

There is only one you. God wanted you to be you. Don't you dare change just because you're outnumbered!

Some folks serve the almighty dollar far more faithfully than the Almighty God. They get greater delight out of balancing the budget than watching the Lord multiply the loaves and fishes.

God's word is tailor-made for gray-slush days. It sends a beam of light through the fog. It signals safety when we fear we'll never make it through.

Worry erases the promises of God from your mind.

God seems to reward us with good, delightful experiences when we move with joy through the less-than-delightful times.

When God's in it, the job gets done.