Quotes from Charles R. Swindoll

If God awarded us medals, as they do in the Olympics, love would win the gold, joy the silver, and peace the bronze.

If I ever wrote a book on preaching, it would contain three words: Preach the Word. Get rid of all the other stuff that gets you sidetracked; preach the Word.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!

A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.

When you are giving people the gospel, you are giving them something to believe, and you have to set the stage for that. You don't just drive up and dump the truck and drive off.

It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives.

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

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

Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn't complicated. 'I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.' We complicate what God has made simple by seeing the world through human eyes. We want to see in order to believe and presume that our limitations are His.

Neglecting to ask God's counsel, neglecting to seek God's timing, you step in to *handle* things. And by and by, you've got a mess on your hands.

When I have a wrong attitude, I look at life humanly. When I have a right attitude, I look at life divinely.

Today is unique! It has never occurred before, 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.

In solitude, struggles occur that no one else knows about. Inner battles are fought here that seldom become fodder for sermons or illustrations for books. God, who probes our deepest thoughts during protracted segments of solitude, opens our eyes to things that need attention. It is here He makes us aware of those things we try to hide from others.

Sin may have the power to kill and destroy, but God is the Creator of life. He can create it from nothing, and He can restore it from death.(John 11:25-26)

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.

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.

God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life.

The matters we or the world might consider trivial, He cares about and wants to remedy. He longs to relieve our worries and has promised to supply our most fundamental needs.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Moses] dedicated himself to the will of God, but not to the God whose will it was.

The ministry of the church is a genuine concern for others. We need to stop talking about it and start doing it. Rise. Rise and shine, friend. Everyone you meet today is on heaven's Most Wanted list.

Because of Jesus, we can view life as a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.