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Sometimes it’s the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.

Lysa TerKeurst

I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.
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Care Choice Myself Opinion Share Truth
My goal should never be to raise kids that make me look good. (Oh but how my flesh craves this!) My goal should be to raise kids who love God and spend their lives making His goodness known in their corner of the world.
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Children Goal God Goodness Live Love Raise World
Great love isn’t two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.
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Greatness Love People Perfection Relationship
Today, let’s be determined to see blessings in the midst of things that seem like burdens.
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Blessing Determination Inspirational Motivational See
Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.
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Be Yourself Children Compromise God Live Reason Truth Yourself
God, I want to see You. God, I want to hear You. God, I want to know You. God, I want to follow hard after You. And even before I know what I will face today, I say yes to You.
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Face God Hard Myself See Yourself
Don’t put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.
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Identity Situation Small Yourself
The decisions we make dictate the schedules we keep. The schedules we keep determine the lives we live. The lives we live determine how we spend our souls. So, this isn’t just about finding time. This is about honoring God with the time we have.
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Decision Determination God Life Live Myself Respect Schedule Soul Time
Where there is a lack of rest, there is an abundance of stress.
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Abundance Peace Rest Stress
Nothing done with the focus on God is ever a waste of time.
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Focus God Wasted Time
I want to learn how to be more thankful for what I am, than guilty for what I’m not.
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Acceptance Guilty Learning Myself Thankful
Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head, and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you’ll be ruled by what other people think of you.
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Compliment Criticism Degree Head Heart People Thinking Yourself
Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter.
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Assumption Born God Health Place Talk Truth
Spending some time getting quiet can really be the best remedy for tangled situations. Taking a step back from all the emotion, frustration, and exhaustion to sit quietly with Jesus will do more to untangle a mess than anything else I’ve ever found.
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Emotion Frustration Myself Quiet Remedy Time
God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well being. Only He is equipped to provide that.
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Ability God Ourselves
The one who obey’s God’s instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow.
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Development Direction Future God Instruction Obey

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