Charles R. Swindoll

Quotes

• “Jesus didn't come to earth to establish a new religion. He came to restore a broken relationship. He came to make the pr...”
• “After Peter came to recognize his own inadequacy, his utter inability to fulfill his destiny apart from obedience to his...”
• “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 ...”
• “In solitude, struggles occur that no one else knows about. Inner battles are fought here that seldom become fodder for s...”
• “Fortunately, God made all varieties of people with a wide variety of interests and abilities. He has called people of ev...”
• “Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Sp...”
• “At least one indication of unbelief is the tendency to measure life's challenges against our own adequacy instead of God...”
• “You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That...”
• “While God is not the author of evil and He never prompts or condones sin, nothing occurs without His sovereign oversight...”
• “Jesus never commanded believers to produce fruit. Fruit is the *purpose* of the branch, but it is not the *responsibilit...”
• “In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their soul...”
• “The Promised Land was a tangible representation of God's ultimate desire for His people, but they failed to comprehend H...”
• “I cannot at the same time accept the glory and give God the glory... Glorifying God means being occupied with and commit...”
• “God has called His creation to find satisfaction in a personal relationship with Him, and stop trying to manage the worl...”
• “In other words Jesus went into the desert to confront His enemy and throw down the gauntlet. He would prove Himself to b...”
• “Believe me, once you have tasted worship—the kind of worship that captures your heart and rivets your full attention on ...”
• “What's God saying to you now? "All things are possible to him who worries?" No. "All things are possible to him who atte...”
• “God never asked us to meet life's pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He...”
• “It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which w...”
• “The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provisi...”
• “We can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable resp...”
• “God doesn't mock us. He never gives us a goal that we cannot accomplish in His strength. I want to assure you, you can g...”
• “Peter must have thought, "Who am I compared to Mr. Faithfulness (John)?" But Jesus clarified the issue. John was respons...”
• “[Jesus] plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say "you *might* be my witnesse...”
• “God gave laws to His people to bless them, not to burden them. Every rule either elevates the quality of human life or r...”
• “In many (most?) churches there are programs and activities... but so little worship. There are songs and anthems and mus...”
• “Israel's first king, Saul, looked like he was born for the role. He was tall, handsome, intelligent, and sensitive to Go...”
• “The crisis of physical hunger is essentially a crisis of faith. What or whom will you trust to meet your most basic need...”
• “When you suffer and lose, that does not mean you are being disobedient to God. In fact, it might mean you're right in th...”
• “We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable...”
• “Life...as God intended it enables us to live above the drag of fear, superstition, shame, pessimism, guilt, anxiety, wor...”
• “The ministry of the church is a genuine concern for others. We need to stop talking about it and start doing it. Rise.Ri...”
• “...when you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors o...”
• “While God, for the most part, allows this cosmos [creation] to work according to the laws of nature, there is never a ti...”
• “Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enou...”
• “The matters we or the world might consider trivial, He cares about and wants to remedy. He longs to relieve our worries ...”
• “The abundance Jesus offers is a spiritual abundance that transcends circumstances, like income, health, living condition...”
• “While I wholeheartedly believe in choosing to approach every challenge with a great attitude, I don't mean that we shoul...”
• “In order to cease our striving, we must transfer our trust away from our own abilities, our own accomplishments, our own...”
• “Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk...If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity late...”
• “...goals not bathed in prayer or brought in humility before the Lord turn out to be downright useless. They don't go any...”
• “...ask yourself, "Who's getting the glory in this ministry?" You see, if we do ministry OUR way, it won't be for His glo...”
• “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 re...”
• “If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.Excellence is not an excep...”
• “If you life is an example of glorifying God, others won't see your good works and glorify YOU, because they'll know what...”
• “God doesn't work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of al...”
• “When the Lord makes it clear you're to follow Him in this new direction, focus fully on Him and refuse to be distracted ...”
• “Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magn...”
• “Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good e...”
• “To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not tr...”