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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.

Charles R. Swindoll

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
If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.
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Argument Religion Stop Yourself
Vision is the ability to see God’s presence, to perceive God’s power, to focus on God’s plan in spite of the obstacles.
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Ability Focus God Obstacle Planning Power Presence Vision
Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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Direction Discipline God Peace Religion Strength Wisdom Yourself
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 accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself.
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Acceptance Control Discover Divine Dry Fact God Hard Hope Season Yourself
[God] is able to take your life, with all of the heartache, all of the pain, all of the regret, all of the missed opportunities, and use you for His glory.
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Glory God Heart Broken Himself Life Missing Opportunity Pain Regret Yourself
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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Blessing Face Greatness Impossible Inspirational Life Motivational Opportunity Situation
One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable.
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Ability Growth Maturity Oneself
I’m here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
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Adversity Attention Guard Spirit Yourself
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
Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you!
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Demand Forget God Life People Time Yourself
God’s heavenly plan doesn’t always make earthly sense.
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Earth God Heaven Planning
Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.
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Absence Beautiful Control Game Goal Hide Honesty Live Meaning Need Politics Simplicity Truth
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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Appearance Choice Clothes Doctor Yourself
Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person’s day, week, or life.
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Change Day Encouragement Inspirational Life Person

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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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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