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Don’t put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.

Lysa TerKeurst

Lord, help me to see what comes my way as an opportunity instead of an inconvenience.
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Myself Opportunity Perspective See Sight
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 the hurt of today blind you to the hope of tomorrow. Disappointment ushers in a new appointment.
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Appointment Future Hope Hurt
Having faith doesn’t mean I have all the answers. It means trusting God especially in the midst of uncertainty.
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Answer Faith God Trust Uncertain
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
I know deep hurt. But I also know deep hope. Sometimes God’s power is shown as much in preventing things as it is in making them happen. We may never know why. But we can always know and trust the Who.
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Deep God Hope Hurt Power Prevent Reason Trust
Just because we feel offended doesn’t mean we must be offended. Feelings are indicators not dictators.
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Deep Feeling Indication Offend Truth Wisdom
Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.
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Command Confusion Love Sick
We were made for more than compromise. We were made for God’s promises in every area of our lives.
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Area Compromise God Live Ourselves Promise
Praying helps me see perspectives otherwise beyond me.
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Beyond Myself Perspective Prayer See
God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well being. Only He is equipped to provide that.
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Ability God Ourselves
Spending some time getting quiet can really be the best remedy for tangled situations. Taking a step back from all the emotion, frustration, and exhaustion to sit quietly with Jesus will do more to untangle a mess than anything else I’ve ever found.
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Emotion Frustration Myself Quiet Remedy Time
Not reaching back for what was lost in my yesterdays. And not reaching for what I hope will be in my tomorrow. But living fully with what is right in front of me. And truly seeing the gift of this moment.
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Gift Hope Lost Moments Past Reach Right
I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.
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Care Choice Myself Opinion Share Truth
Instead of wishing things would change, I’m asking God for His strength to make a change.
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Change God Himself Strength
The decisions we make dictate the schedules we keep. The schedules we keep determine the lives we live. The lives we live determine how we spend our souls. So, this isn’t just about finding time. This is about honoring God with the time we have.
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Decision Determination God Life Live Myself Respect Schedule Soul Time
Today, let’s set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we’re not. Let’s cut the threads of guilt with grace.
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Grace Guilty Heart Mindset Ourselves See Thankful
If you are a woman who honors God right where you are, you are in ministry.
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God Gratitude Right Woman Yourself
Not making a decision is actually a decision. It’s the decision to stay the same.
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Choice Decision Home Stay
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
Raw emotions – anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment – are the feelings we tend to hide from people we want to impress but spew on those we love the most.
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Angry Emotion Frustration Hide Love People
My goal should never be to raise kids that make me look good. (Oh but how my flesh craves this!) My goal should be to raise kids who love God and spend their lives making His goodness known in their corner of the world.
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Children Goal God Goodness Live Love Raise World
Great love isn’t two people finding the perfect match in one another. Great love is two people making the choice to be a match.
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Greatness Love People Perfection Relationship
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
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
There is power in simply speaking the name Jesus.
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God Name Power Talk
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

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