In deep pain, people don’t need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.
RICK WARRENThe secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.
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Worry is the warning light that shows I’ve stopped looking to God to meet my needs.
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God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He’s working on you, too.
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Great opportunities are often disguised as small acts of service.
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God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.
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Worship isn’t an event to attend & watch. It’s a lifestyle to be lived.
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The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
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Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.
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I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity: Jesus I believe in you and I receive you.
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Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
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Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.
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Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.
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Many people allow their need for other people’s approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.
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You can’t make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something.
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Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.
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Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.
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