It’s a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLAnother problem with worry is that it makes you forget your worth. Worry makes you feel worthless, forgotten, and unimportant.
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We really shouldn’t look like a church.’ I’ve heard that so much I want to vomit. ‘Why?’ I ask. ‘Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor’s office to look like a doctor’s office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?’
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We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn’t come naturally. It’s a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.
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Don’t seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
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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.
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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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One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you’re not.
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Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hopes. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
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The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
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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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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don’t waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us. Love that quickly forgives, willingly overlooks, and refuses to take offense.
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The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.
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Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from affirming people’s unique worth. It also steals contentment from the heart. Is there anything or anyone you are envious of?
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All he asks is that we trust Him, that we stand before Him in integrity and faith. God is just waiting for us to trust Him.
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