Charles Stanley

Charles Stanley
Charles Frazier Stanleyis the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in northern Atlanta, Georgia. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries and also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1984 to 1986. He has an evangelical and dispensationalist theology...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth25 September 1932
CountryUnited States of America
prayer voice avalanches
God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.
victory events defeat
In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success.
goal achievement want
Success is the continuing achievement of becoming the person God wants you to be and accomplishing the goals God has helped you set.
choices tests faces
The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.
people church opinion
I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church.
jesus prayer kingdoms
The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.
disappointment choices discouragement
Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make.
running prayer men
I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time.
jesus commitment steps
Take steps each day to be sure your life expresses commitment to Jesus.
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Wisdom is the capacity to see things from God's viewpoint.
prayer want arms
He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you.
have-courage obedient
You have to have courage to be obedient to God.
forgiveness heart mean
We are to forgive so that we may enjoy God's goodness without feeling the weight of anger burning deep within our hearts. Forgiveness does not mean we recant the fact that what happened to us was wrong. Instead, we roll our burdens onto the Lord and allow Him to carry them for us.
needs normal spirit
If we walk in the Spirit daily, surrendered to His power, we have the right to expect anything we need to hear from God. The Holy Spirit living within us and speaking to us ought to be the natural, normal lifestyle of believers.