Quotes from Charles R. Swindoll

Believe me, once you have tasted worship—the kind of worship that captures your heart and rivets your full attention on the living Lord—nothing less satisfies. Nothing else even comes close. Once you have tasted true worship, you will never want to play church again.

If you aren't vigilant, if you aren't daily humbling yourself before Him, seeking His face, discerning His timing, operating under the Spirit's control, you may push and shove and force your way prematurely into that place where God wanted you, but you will not have arrived in His own time.

You and I can become so dedicated to the will of God, we can be so driven by a false sense of purpose, that we might inadvertently take matters into our own hands and leave God completely out of the loop.

A. W. Tozer says, A true and safe leader is likely one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and by the press of the external situation.

The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. PROVERBS 16:9

If you life is an example of glorifying God, others won't see your good works and glorify YOU, because they'll know what you are doing is for God's glory.

When you suffer and lose, that does not mean you are being disobedient to God. In fact, it might mean you're right in the center of His will. The path of obedience is often marked by times of suffering and loss.

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

Worry about nothing. Pray about everything.

Which should be an excellent reminder that when God tells you to do something, you'd better do it; He always has a reason.

Sound advice comes from veterans of pain.

A selfless devotion. High-impact people don't care about who gets the credit, and they never complain about the role they fill.

If your motive is in any way to promote greatness for yourself, you're in the wrong calling.

Without our realizing it, we were trained to think that the most significant people are star athletes, actors, and musicians—the ones we applaud, those whose autographs others seek. They aren't. Not really. Most often, the people worth noting are the individuals who turn a "nobody" into a "somebody" but never receive credit.

goals not bathed in prayer or brought in humility before the Lord turn out to be downright useless. They don't go anywhere. They don't accomplish anything.

Nothing can compensate for a lack of authenticity.

We don't like waiting, but that's when God does some of His best work on our souls.

I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes.

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 proclaim is a toxic faith.

That is the way God works. Without even a hint of warning, He speaks to ordinary people, on ordinary days.

It was Sir Winston Churchill, in the midst of Nazi bombings, who said to the people of London, This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.' He was the one who offered the best definition of success I've ever read: Success is moving from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

Cuántos creyentes conoce usted que experimentan el gozo y la libertad de ser personas llenas de vida, exuberantes de entusiasmo, que disfrutan viviendo con espontaneidad, en oposición a los cientos de miles que se basan en las pautas fijadas por los legalistas y viven de acuerdo con ellas?

El amor que asciende es adoración; el amor que sale es afecto; pero el amor que se inclina es gracia».3

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.