You cannot fulfil God’s purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.
RICK WARRENBecause every day of your life was written on God’s calendar before you were born, everything that happens to you has spiritual significance.
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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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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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Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.
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Racism is stupid. It’s an insult to God, arrogantly implying that God goofed-up when he chose to make us all different.
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If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you’d have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind.
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The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.
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God’s LOVE is Like an Ocean; You can See its Beginning, but not its end.
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God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.
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Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
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To make the best use of your life, you must never forget two truths: First, compared with eternity, life is extremely brief. Second, earth is only a temporary residence. You won’t be here long, so don’t get too attached.
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God specializes in giving people a fresh start.
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You can’t make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something.
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Prayer is the greatest use of my words.
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Because every day of your life was written on God’s calendar before you were born, everything that happens to you has spiritual significance.
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What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it.
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