Inspirational Quotes by Charles Swindoll

“Jesus once again brought His abundant power to the rescue of human inadequacy, turning an impossible situation into an opportunity to strengthen the confidence of His believers.”

“Envy has empty hands and wants them full. Jealousy has full hands and never wants them empty. Envy languishes in self-pity because it doesn’t have what others have. Jealousy rants in paranoia because it fears losing what it feels unworthy to own.”

“Faith is doing what God tells us to do, even when His instructions appear dangerous or might cause us to experience loss or suffering.”

“Matthew says, “This is the Messiah, the King; worship Him.” Mark says, “This is the Servant who served humanity; follow Him.” Luke says, “This is the only Man among men without sin; emulate Him.” John says, “This is God in human flesh; believe in Him.”

“John says, in effect, “In the beginning, God the Son created humanity and filled them with life. He then came to earth as a human to bring life again to humanity, which is spiritually dead because of sin.”

“John could have intended a double meaning. In the end, darkness was not able to suppress the Light even by placing the Light in a tomb. However,”

“the verses that follow appear to stress the mental deficiency of the darkness: its unwillingness to believe and therefore its inability to comprehend. Then, as the story of Jesus unfolds, John will show that truth is nonsense to a mind darkened by sin (8:”

“Lord, I recognize You as the Owner of my temple. I willingly submit to the authority of Your Word. I confess that I have allowed the corruption of ______________________ to take up space that is reserved for worshiping You. I freely admit that I do not have the power to remove it on my own.”

“Please cleanse me, even if I must endure hardship or suffer affliction in the process. Grant me the courage to remain steadfast as You work. Grant me patience to endure the process and provide extra encouragement when my patience wears thin. Then let me rejoice when Your temple is again pure. I make the same request as David did so many years ago: Create in me a clean heart, O God (Ps. 51:”

“God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.[9]”

“Now that Christ has come, belief or unbelief is no longer a crisis of the intellect (if it ever was); it is a”

“crisis of the will. When a darkened mind chooses to remain in darkness, no one is to blame but the individual making that choice.”

“The Word didn’t become flesh to establish a new religion. He became one of us to restore a broken relationship. He came to restore the true worship of God, which doesn’t presume to earn His blessing through good deeds but rejoices in the unmerited favor He delights to give. Unfortunately, the roots of pride run deep into our flesh; therefore, the ability to accept grace does not come naturally, only supernaturally.”

“Jess Moody, A Drink at Joel’s Place (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1967), 80–81. The Claims of the Christ JOHN 5:19-30 NASB 19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever [a]the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even”

“But have eternal life.” We are destined to die physically and we exist in a kind of living death in the meantime. While nothing will halt the process of decay, and nothing will prevent the end of physical life, God’s grace will not allow death to reign supreme. Evil will not have the final word. Life—eternal, incorruptible, abundant life—is offered to all who will receive it through faith.”

“What grace! Jesus reveals the true nature of God. He longs to see His creation saved from the just penalty of sin to thrive forever in His presence. Therefore, the Son of God came to earth to save all humanity from judgment. What hope!”

“I cannot at the same time accept the glory and give God the glory... Glorifying God means being occupied with and committed to His ways rather than preoccupied with and determined my own way. It is being so thrilled with Him, so devoted to Him, so committed to Him that we cannot get enough of Him!”

“Não foi mediante a Lei que Abraão e a sua descendência receberam a promessa de que ele seria herdeiro do mundo, mas mediante a justiça que vem da fé. Pois se os que vivem pela Lei são herdeiros, a fé não tem valor, e a promessa é inútil; porque a Lei produz a ira. E onde não há Lei, não há transgressão. Portanto, a promessa vem pela fé, para que seja de acordo com a graça e seja assim garantida a toda a descendência de Abraão. Romanos 4.13-16”

“Tornar-se uma pessoa piedosa requer tempo; mas, ao longo do caminho, inclui ocasiões em que expõe todo o seu ser interior ao exame de Deus, e acolhe, de bom grado, cada instrução que Ele possa dar-lhe, independentemente da dificuldade envolvida em encarar tal instrução. Com o passar do tempo, a opressão diária da insegurança diminuirá, e você dirá ao Senhor: “Abro, alegremente, todos os espaços da minha vida — todas as salas e todos os cantos. Esquadrinha os meus pensamentos e examina os meus motivos, Senhor. Mostra-me o que precisa de atenção. Revela-me o que lhe traz dor na minha vida”.”

“He seldom gives us all we need in order to understand, but He always gives us all we need to obey.”