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A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

Charles R. Swindoll

People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change
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Action Attitude Change Inspirational People Success
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
God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
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Dependent God Learning Ourselves Religion Strength Suffering
We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.
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Attitude Choices Day Life Ourselves Reaction
God’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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Earth God Heaven Planning
We aren’t just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose
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Earth Inspirational Love Place Purpose Reason Religion Religious Worth
Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.
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Beautiful God Humanity Laughter Therapy
We continually encounter hardships. People disappoint us. We disappoint ourselves. But God is constant and compassionate. We are not alone. He cares. Against all reason, the transcendent God loves us so much that He has committed Himself to us.
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Alone Care Commitment Compassionate Disappoint God Hard Himself Love People Reason
We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
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Attitude Change Fact Happiness Inspirational Ourselves Past People Play
Anything under God’s control is never out of control.
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Control Faith God Inspirational Religious
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
Consistency: It’s the jewel worth wearing; It’s the anchor worth weighing; It’s the thread worth weaving; It’s a battle worth winning.
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Battle Consistency Jewel Win Worth
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
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
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
The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provision is God’s responsibility, not ours. We are merely called to commit what we have – even if it’s no more than a sack lunch.
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Challenge Commitment Enough Food God Responsibility

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