We can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.

— Charles R. Swindoll

We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn't come naturally. It's a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Whatever we do, we must not treat the Great Commission like it's the Great Suggestion.

— Charles R. Swindoll

What's God saying to you now? "All things are possible to him who worries?" No. "All things are possible to him who attempts to work it out?" No. "All things are possible to him who believes. --Man to Man: Chuck Swindon Selects His Most Significant Writings for Men

— Charles R. Swindoll

When I have a wrong attitude, I look at life humanly. When I have a right attitude, I look at life divinely.

— Charles R. Swindoll

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.

— Charles R. Swindoll

When we panic, we instinctively turn to our own internal resources because we doubt Him.

— Charles R. Swindoll

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

— Charles R. Swindoll

When you suffer and lose, that does not mean you are being disobedient to God. In fact, it might mean you're right in the center of His will. The path of obedience is often marked by times of suffering and loss.

— Charles R. Swindoll

...when you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you'll get to rest and relax until He says, 'Go.

— Charles R. Swindoll