“Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. (2 Timothy 4:2, NKJV)
Dr. Charles Stanley was an awesome pastor and preacher at First Baptist Atlanta for over fifty years. He was truly a man of God that gave his all for His Savior in his church and his worldwide ministry, In Touch Ministries. Below is a list of Dr. Stanley’s life principles that he lived by:
Our intimacy with God - His highest priority for our lives - determines the impact of our lives.
Obey God and leave the consequences to Him.
God’s Word is an immovable anchor in times of storm.
Awareness of God’s presence energizes us for our work.
God does not require us to understand His will, just obey it, even if it seems unreasonable.
You reap what you sow, more than you sow, and later than you sow.
The dark moments of life will last only so long as it is necessary for God to accomplish His purpose in us.
Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time.
Trusting God means looking beyond what we can see to what God sees.
If necessary, God will move heaven and earth to show us His will.
God assumes full responsibility for our needs when we obey Him.
Peace with God is the fruit of oneness with God.
Listening to God is essential to walking with God.
God acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
Brokenness is God’s requirement for maximum usefulness.
Whatever you acquire outside God’s will eventually turns to ashes.
We stand tallest and strongest on our knees.
As children of a sovereign God, we are never victims of our circumstances.
Anything You hold too tightly, you will lose.
Disappointments are inevitable, discouragement is a choice.
Obedience always brings blessing.
To walk in the Spirit is to obey the initial promptings of the Spirit.
You can never outgive God.
To live the Christian life is to allow Jesus to live His life in and through us.
God blesses us so that we can bless others.
Adversity is a bridge to a deeper relationship with God.
Prayer is life’s greatest time saver.
No Christian has ever been called to “go it alone’ in his or her walk of faith.
We learn more in our valley experiences than on our mountaintops.
An eager anticipation of the Lord’s return keeps us living productively.
Pray
Lord help me to spend more time with you so that I can have the intimate relationship with you that Dr. Stanley talks about and which he demonstrated with his life and service to you.
Help me to sow the Word with my family, my fellow christians, and with those that don’t know You the way we do so that I can sow your Word and watch the harvest that comes later.
Help me to stay humble and dependant upon Your Sprit to guide me every day that You give me to live for You and Your kingdom.
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