Charles R. Swindoll Quotes

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

I learned that if we embrace what's happening, we are also embracing what is possible - and a road opens up for God to meet us halfway.

It's funny how God will change your plans for you when he's ready.

I was at a point where I couldn't find an agent or a manager, and I said, 'Okay, Lord. If this is what you have for me, I need you to work that. I need you to open doors.' I was at that point of truly surrendering whatever my will was, and, 'Lord, if this is what You want, You do it.' And, He did it.

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.

Sometimes God makes better choices for us than we could have ever made for ourselves.

The same Jesus Who turned water into wine can transform your home, your life, your family, and your future. He is still in the miracle-working business, and His business is the business of transformation.

God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.

We hold that man is never so near grace as when he begins to feel he can do nothing at all.

We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, and He packs our life with surprises all the time.... Leave the whole thing to Him, it is gloriously uncertain how He will come in, but He will come.

Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do had you been left to your own option.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me.

It is my desire and intent to trust the multi-layered good purposes of God than in what humans fabricate out of their need and experience. I specifically ask not to know these purposes so that I might remain a child in their unfolding.

God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him.

It's never the changes we want that change everything.

If you want God to do something new in you, you cannot keep doing the same old thing. You have to do something different. And if you do, God will create new capacities within you. There will be new gifts and new revelations. But you've got to pray the price. You'll get out of this what you put into it.

Do I believe that God can change bitter circumstances into sweet blessing? Am I willing to let Him?

Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God.