Top 48 Charles F. Stanley Quotes
#1. Discernment is the ability to judge a situation accurately - to see the full reality of a situation, relationship, experience, or circumstance. It is the capacity to understand accurately and clearly what is, to see the truth of things as they are from God's viewpoint.
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#3. The length of time it takes to catch on to this relationship depends on us - not God. The more willing we are to confess our inadequacy, the easier it is for us to fully surrender to His will for our lives.
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#4. As we place our dependence upon God, an incredible freedom and peace will begin to rest in our hearts. And reaching that point in our lives makes every failure worth it.
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#5. A man may have a perfect body, but if his emotions, mind, and will are not under the control of the Holy Spirit he will fail regularly and tragically as the husband, father, and follower God intends him to be.
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#6. God's word is alive, so full of spiritual truth and wisdom that even a single passage can be digested for a lifetime
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#7. Lord, as my Source and Creator, I will make time for You. Transform me so I may carry out Your wonderful plans for my life, amen.
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#8. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.
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#9. Victory is possible. Genuine healing can occur if we're willing to allow the Father to set us free.
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#10. The eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His (2 Chron. 16:9).
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#12. For too many believers the Christian life boils down to simply doing the best they can.
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#13. Whatever you accomplish in life, you will have to accomplish on your knees. (God told Charles F Stanley)
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#14. Behavior is the substance of religion. Belief is the substance of relationship.
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#16. Father God, keep my mind and heart fixed on You so that I can experience the fullness of Your peace, amen.
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#17. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing (James 1:2-4).
God's
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#18. He allows brokenness in our lives in order to bring about a blessing.
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#20. You see, fears will arise that prevent you from doing as He asks - proclaiming the gospel, reaching out to those in need, and submitting to His will. But the fear of the Lord - your respect for Him - should motivate you to obey Him anyway.
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#21. Oftentimes the root of their marriage problems is found in some hostility they have been hauling around, sometimes since childhood.
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#22. Friend, God wants you to see not just the path ahead, but the profound spiritual realities that are affecting your life. He is ready to help you! So when you sense the dark fears encroaching, run to Him. Because when He is your light, you will have nothing to dread.
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#23. God calls you to delight in Him because nothing will satisfy your soul like being close to Him in intimate fellowship.
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#24. Paul declared in Philippians 3:8: "I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ" (NASB).
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#25. Our tendency today is to assume that we can eliminate the authority of husband over wife and yet retain the authority of husband-wife over the children. The Bible is more realistic about marriage than modern man, for the truth is that in disobeying the one hierarchy we destroy the other.
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#26. Pride entices us to favor people who build up our egos. Everyone wants to feel accepted and loved. The best way to rid your life of pride is to surround yourself with people who care for you for the right reasons and not just to stroke your ego. Pride is
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#27. Obedience always is the first step to discovering God's plan for your life.
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#28. The only never you should focus on is that God will never let you down.
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#29. Some days the burdens may seem so heavy and the weariness so profound that you may wonder if God has forsaken you. Why would He allow you to experience such deep adversity? Yet do not despair. He has a clear purpose for your suffering: so you will know the Savior better and reflect His character.
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#30. The needs you have for love, respect, security, and admiration cannot be met by the desire of your heart. They are fulfilled by God - and Him alone.
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#31. 7"The LORD shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways.
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#32. Obey God and leave the consequences to Him. No matter what He tells you to do, do it and trust Him for the outcome.
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#33. [Prayer] is the link between God's inexhaustible resources and people's needs ... God is the source of power, but we are the instrument He uses to link the two together.
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#34. Make sure that what you are living for is what you are willing to die for.
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#35. The truth of the matter is that our goals are generally very small and unsatisfying compared to the awesome, eternal plans the Father desires to accomplish through us.
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#36. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Rom. 5:8).
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#37. True unconditional love is sacrificial - it is not easily offended, self-focused, or afraid of rejection. It seeks only the good of the other person.
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#38. Likewise, when you make time alone with Christ the priority, it affects and influences every single facet of your life - He gives you His energy, wisdom, and strength to fulfill His purposes and make you fruitful for His kingdom.
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#39. Friend, when you understand why Jesus does certain things in your life, then you will develop true insight into how greatly He cares for you.
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#40. We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.
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#41. Life Lessons 4:4, 7, 10 - "It is written . ... It is written . ... it is written . ... " Jesus responded to each of Satan's three temptations by appealing to the unchanging Word of God: "It is written!" If we want to successfully overcome temptation, we must know what the Word says.
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#42. Helen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what's your problem?
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#43. FLESH IS LIKE GRASS, AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF, 25BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER. And this is the word which was preached to you.
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#45. Satan's primary goal is to prevent us from having an intimate
relationship with the Lord. He
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#46. This is an important concept as we look into the idea of forgiveness because we see in it God's desire to have fellowship with sinful, disobedient men and women.
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#47. Once a person feels that he has gotten away with sin, he rarely, if ever, thinks, I won't do that again because I know it displeases God.
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#48. However, not all sorrow and adversity come as a result of disobedience. Some of the disappointments come from living in a fallen world. Many
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