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Lysa TerKeurst

Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.
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Command Confusion Love Sick
God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.
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Bad Call Character Development Experience God Goodness Match Yourself
Don’t put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.
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Identity Situation Small Yourself
Jesus, I don’t want to be a secret keeper with my faith. I want to be a bold and gracious truth proclaimer. For You. With You. Because of You. Me, the unwanted girl whom You loved, redeemed and wanted.
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Faith Grace Love Secret Truth Yourself
My imperfections will never override God’s promises. God’s promises are not dependent on my ability to always choose well, but rather on His ability to use well.
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Ability Dependent God Himself Imperfection Promise
Sometimes it’s the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character.
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Character Choice Ourselves Talk Time Word
We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn’t it comforting to know God isn’t ever broken? He isn’t ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.
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Break People Shock Surprise World
Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter.
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Assumption Born God Health Place Talk Truth
Conflict tip: What comes out of someone else’s mouth is a reflection of their heart … not yours.
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Heart Reflection Voice Word Yourself
Prayer does make a difference-a life-changing, mind-blowing, earth-rattling difference.
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Change Difference Earth Inspirational Life Power Prayer
Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
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Hard Impossible Inspirational Motivational
God will always do great things with people who are willing to be faithful in the small things.
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Faith God Greatness People Small Willing
Outside our comfort zone, though, is where we experience the true awesomeness of God.
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Comfortable Experience God True Zone
I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I am not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.
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Children Choice Defeat God Inspirational Myself Poor Victim Victory
Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head, and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you’ll be ruled by what other people think of you.
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Compliment Criticism Degree Head Heart People Thinking Yourself
Getting healthy isn’t just about losing weight. It’s not limited to adjusting our diet and hoping for good physical results. It’s about recalibrating our souls so that we want to change – spiritually, physically, and mentally. And the battle really is in all three areas.
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Areas Battle Body Change Goodness Health Limitation Lose Result Soul Spiritual
Whatever has you afraid, angry, intimidated or frustrated tonight – take it to our all-powerful and all-capable God. He has the answer.
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Afraid Angry Answer God Himself Powerful Scare
The one who obey’s God’s instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow.
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Development Direction Future God Instruction Obey
When to give grace? I’d rather stand before God knowing I loved others too much rather than regretting that I judged too harshly.
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God Grace Judgement Love Myself Regret Stand
No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It’s an emptiness only God can fill.
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Empty God Heart Person Position Possession Wound
Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.
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Be Yourself Children Compromise God Live Reason Truth Yourself
Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God’s power.
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God Learning Life Power Process Religious Strength
There is power in simply speaking the name Jesus.
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God Name Power Talk
Trusting God’s plan is the only secret I know in the gentle art of not freaking out.
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Art God Myself Planning Trust
Remember: even the smallest drop of God’s strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves weak.
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Enough God Ourselves Remember Small Strength Weakness
If I really want an unrushed life, I must underwhelm my schedule so God has room to overwhelm my soul.
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Calm God Life Myself Peace Rush Schedule Soul
Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.
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Anxiety Myself Person Reality Try Work

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