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I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#apart #believe #certain #decree #determination

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#among #definition #enthusiasm #god #greeks

We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#either #god #his #molded #process

Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#attacks #become #bitterness #choice #disappointment

In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a lost person that you can with a godly person in whom the Holy Spirit is living. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#does #friend #friends #friendships #godly

Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#compels #doing #earthly #godly #holy

God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#another #any #busy #destiny #discomfort

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#best #best way #cloak #conveys #deceive

On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#i #me #morning #nervous #say

Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#deal #ever #future #god #going