The circumstances we ask God to CHANGE are often the circumstances God is using to CHANGE US.
God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him.
It is not by change of circumstances, but by fitting our spirits to the circumstances in which God has placed us, that we can be reconciled to life and duty.
...sometimes God chooses to bless us and make us people of integrity in the midst of abominable circumstances, rather than change our circumstances.
God does sometimes change our trying circumstances. But more often, He doesn't - because He wants to change us.
Men change, fashions change, conditions and circumstances change, but God never changes.
To change your circumstances, first start thinking differently. Do not passively accept unsatisfactory circumstances, but form a picture in your mind of circumstances as they should be. Believe and succeed.
I just share my story in hopes that some people out there who have gone through different circumstances might be encouraged and inspired that even in their circumstances to know that there is nothing God can't change.
If life becomes hard to bear we think of a change in our circumstances. But the most important and effective change, a change in our own attitude, hardly even occurs to us, and the resolution to take such a step is very difficult for us.
True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances, and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.
True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.
I want to change my circumstances. God wants to change me.
Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.
I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually.
People around us change and circumstances change. We can often find ourselves struggling against those things.
You can't always change your circumstances, but you can change the way you experience them.