Faced with crisis

Charles De Gaulle once said, “Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself.”  Unfortunately, most of the people we know approach success as something that comes from the outside in.  But the truth is, in order to achieve real success, it must be accomplished on the inside and work its way to the outside.  When we focus on our character, our whole lives improve.  In fact, it has been rightly said that “changes in our character bring substance and power, while external improvements are merely cosmetic and quickly fade away.”  Does character count?  Yes, it is the secret to lasting success.  Remember that men decide their habits, and their habits decide their fate.  Losers focus on what they’re going through; winners focus on what they’re going to.  For all of us, our prayer should be “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man” (Ephesians 3:16).

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