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
disappointment choices discouraged
Nobody else can make us discouraged; it is a choice that we alone make when facing disappointments.
prayer personality moments
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.
disappointment optimistic choices
Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.
christian opportunity essence
The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And then acting on it
prayer thinking order
Stop for a minute and think about how you typically interact with God. If prayer time is dominated by your own talking, some adjustments may be in order. Just as the Lord spoke to David, God also has many things to say to you, if you'll simply let Him speak.
leadership steps arrogant
God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.
restoration scar sin
When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.
powerful lying believe
One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.
christian church generations
If the church marries herself to the spirit of the times, she will find herself a widow in the next generation.
son grace tools
Thank the Lord for using each person as a tool in your life to deepen your insight into His grace and conforming you to the image of His Son.
forgiveness running home
When we stray from His presence, He longs for you to come back. He weeps that you are missing out on His love, protection and provision. He throws His arms open, runs toward you, gathers you up, and welcomes you home.
eye way poverty
When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.
friends wise mean
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.
substance belief behavior
Behavior is the substance of religion. Belief is the substance of relationship.