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God doesn’t work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.

Charles R. Swindoll

If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.
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Blessing Compassionate God Inspirational Kindness Live People
God never asked us to meet life’s pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.
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Demand God Goodness Himself Life Pressure Strength Win
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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Children Day Family Live Memories Mother Ourselves
Acceptance is taking from God’s hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
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Acceptance Blessing Face God Himself Religion Thankful Trust
Make a plan now to keep a daily appointment with God. The enemy is going to tell you to set it aside, but you must carve out the time. If you’re too busy to meet with the Lord, friend, then you are simply too busy
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Busy Enemy Friendship God Planning Religion Simplicity Time Yourself
Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God’s point of view.
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Deep Eyes God Life Simplicity View Wisdom
We can’t solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.
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Face Faith God Himself Problem Safety Time Trust
God doesn’t work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

Execution Glory Greatness Ourselves Planning Time Work
God’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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Earth God Heaven Planning
God often does His best work in us when He catches us by surprise and introduces a change that is completely against our own desire.
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Best Change Desire God Introduction Ourselves Surprise Work
A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
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Care Compassionate Earth Heaven Inspirational Spiritual Tears
Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.
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Inspirational Motivational Patience Production Sweet
Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives us greater ability to look past life’s trials and remain calm in the midst of what others would call chaos.
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Ability Focus God Intense Life Natural Past Peace Religious Result Stability Style
Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn’t complicated. ‘I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.’ We complicate what God has made simple by seeing the world through human eyes. We want to see in order to believe and presume that our limitations are His.
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Believe Complication Eyes Himself Human Lesson Limitation Ourselves Simplicity Son Word
The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
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Forget Future Hold Hope Motivational Past
People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets
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Bridge Death End Inspirational Path People Religion
Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it’s okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.
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Inspirational Mad Religion Right Yourself
God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.
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Expectation God Himself Need Order Recovery Seek Slow Speed Voice Walk
Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.
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Encouragement God Hope Life Ourselves Religious Stability Storm
Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.
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Equality God Important Make Up Pain Story Struggle Unique Voice Word Yourself
God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a druggist fills your prescription. The Lord doesn’t promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough.
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Drugs Encouragement Enough God Himself Moments Promise Strength
Don’t expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. Wisdom comes privately from God as a byproduct of right decisions, godly reactions, and the application of spiritual principles to daily circumstances.
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Decision Expectation God Greatness Life Principle Production Religion Right Spiritual Wisdom
We shouldn’t deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.
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Focus Live Ourselves Pain
Believing in grace is one thing. Living it is another.
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Believe Different Grace Life Live
Prayer is an investment. The time you dedicate to prayer isn’t lost; it will return dividends far greater than what a few moments spent on a task ever could. If we fail to cultivate this discipline, prayer winds up being our last resort rather than our first response.
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Discipline Failure Greatness Investment Moments Ourselves Prayer Wind
When you trust the Lord God to give you the next step, when you wait in humility upon Him, *He* will open the doors or close them, and you’ll get to rest and relax until He says, ‘Go.
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God Himself Humility Trust Wait
Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity.
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Inspirational Integrity Life Loud Powerful Religion Talk

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