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• It’s not enough merely to believe there is a God. You must believe in the God who is there.

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• Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly.

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

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• When the Lord makes it clear you’re to follow Him in this new direction, focus fully on him and refuse to be distracted by comparisons with others.

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• Anything under God’s control is never out of control.

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• 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.

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• I am often the brunt of my own humor.

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• We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.

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• I believe firmly in God’s control in life.

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• I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.

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• Not every Christian finds it easy to believe.

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• We want a crowd to make us feel important and liked. But why is getting a crowd our focus? Jesus never suggested that crowds were the goal. He never addresses getting your church to grow. Never.

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• There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

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• Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

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• When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

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• When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

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• We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

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

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• The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

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• The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it’s a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.

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Birth:	18th October, 1934
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Educator, Pastor

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Charles Rozell "Chuck" Swindoll was born in El Campo in Wharton County, Texas. He is an American author, educator and pastor. He is currently senior pastor at Stonebriar Community Church, in Frisco, Texas. He is the founder of Insight for Living, which produces a radio program of the same name on Christian and non-Christian radio stations around the world. The program is heard on more than 2000 stations as well as webcast and is translated into several languages. He is the author of more than 70 books, most of which are based on his research and preparation for sermons preached each Sunday. In July 1994, Swindoll became the president of the Dallas Theological Seminary and now serves as its chancellor.

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