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God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

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Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.
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Character Habit Ourselves Remember
A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.
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Acceptance Life Lying Majority Philosophy Right Truth
Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable.
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Change Control Misery Past Wasted Time Worry
One day it’s all going to be clear. It’s all going to make sense. You’re going to be able to say, “So that’s why God allowed that in my life!” Until then, God wants you to trust him.
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Allow God Himself Life Mystery Trust Yourself
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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Build Defeat Give Up Integrity Pride Rejection Temptation Time Yourself
Failure isn’t a character quality. It’s just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.
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Character Event Failure Quality Respond Yourself
Prayer is the greatest use of my words.
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Greatness Myself Prayer Word
People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.
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Message Ourselves People Prayer Refusal Rejection
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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Experience God Lonely Problem Rejection Yourself
If Jesus is king in heaven then the Kingdom of God is in heaven. If Jesus is king, reign on earth then the Kingdom of Heaven is on earth. If Jesus is king in my heart, then the Kingdom of God is in me.
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Earth Heart Heaven King Myself
If your activities don’t match your priorities, you are wasting your life.
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Activity Life Priority Wasted Time Yourself
We become whatever we are committed to.
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Commitment Myself Transformation
Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.
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Forever Greatness Life Yourself
Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.
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Easy Learning Love Nature Task
Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.
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Advertise Kindness Need Pain People
In deep pain, people don’t need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.
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Deep Logic Pain People Yourself

God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

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God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

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