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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.

Lysa TerKeurst

Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak.
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Choice God Talk Wisdom Woman
Sometimes we need the salt of tears to remind us how to savor the sweetness of life.
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Cry Life Ourselves Reminder Tears Time
Don’t put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.
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Identity Situation Small Yourself
There is power in simply speaking the name Jesus.
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God Name Power Talk
Sometimes it’s the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.
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Character Choice Ourselves Talk Time Word
Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God’s power.
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God Learning Life Power Process Religious Strength
It is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.
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Beautiful Choice Ignorance Offering People Rare
We need to make peace with who we are so insecurities don’t become a distraction to how we live. Just because I sometimes feel insecure doesn’t mean I have to be insecure.
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Insecurity Myself Need Peace
What if God’s ‘NO,’ is really a gift? His way to protect us from what we cannot see, provide something better than we can imagine, or be part of the process of growing us closer to Him.
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Gift God Growth Himself Imagination Process Protection
Instead of wishing things would change, I’m asking God for His strength to make a change.
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Change God Himself Strength
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
Love isn’t what I have the opportunity to get from this world. Love is what I have the opportunity to give.
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Generosity Love Myself Opportunity World
God will always do great things with people who are willing to be faithful in the small things.
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Faith God Greatness People Small Willing
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
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
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

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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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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