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The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.”—Each New Day

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You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Love Ocean Touch Yourself
When people come up and give me a compliment. I take each remark as if it were a flower. At the end of the day I lift up the bouquet of flowers I have gathered throughout the day and say, ‘Here you are, Lord, it is all Yours.’
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End Flower Myself People Yourself
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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Fear Thinking Worry
Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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Act Emotion Forgiveness Willing
If God has shown us bad times ahead, it’s enough for me that He knows about them. That’s why He sometimes shows us things, you know – to tell us that this too is in His hands.
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Bad Enough God Hands Myself Time
We must mirror God’s love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrors of God’s love, so we may show Jesus by our lives.
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God Hate Live Love Ourselves World
As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.
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Animal End God Night Yourself
Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
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Spirit Strength Yourself
If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.
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Believe God Himself Possible
Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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Deep Hold On Yourself
God, make me willing to be made willing.
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Inspirational Made Willing
Love is the strongest force in the world.
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Force Love Strong World
God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
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God Ourselves Reading Sin
It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
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Ability God Myself
The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
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Devil Himself Prayer Smile
In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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Feeling Need Storm Worth
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Generosity Life
Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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Fingers God Hands Hurt Yourself
Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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God Mistake
Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.
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Easy God Let Go Life Loss Yourself
Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
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Carry Empty Strength Time Worry
Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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Deep Forgiveness Freedom Myself Prison
There are no ‘ifs’ in God’s Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don’t let me go mad by poking about outside it.
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God Hide Perfection Place Time Willing
Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.
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Darkness Faith See
The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.”—Each New Day
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Choice Possible Tree
You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
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Hands Lie Lying Surrender
Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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Control Race Technology Worry

The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.”—Each New Day

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