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God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

Lysa TerKeurst

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
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
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
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
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
Don’t put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.
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Identity Situation Small Yourself
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
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
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
Praying helps me see perspectives otherwise beyond me.
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Beyond Myself Perspective Prayer See
Remember, conflict doesn’t always mean we have to fight against something and tear it apart. Conflict can also mean we’re fighting for something to make it even better and stronger than it’s ever been.
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Better Conflict Destruction Fight Remember Strong Tears
Dear Lord, forgive me for all of the times I’ve compared myself to others. I know that You have hand-picked all of my qualities. Help me to see these things as beautiful reminders of Your great love in creating me as Your daughter. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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Change Compare Forgiveness Greatness Hands Help Love Myself Quality Time
It is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.
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Beautiful Choice Ignorance Offering People Rare
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
Satan has no power over us except what we allow. Moment by moment, decision by decision, step by step – will we operate in God’s all powerful Truth or allow Satan to entangle us in his lies?
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Devil Exception God Himself Lying Moments Power Truth
God, I want to see You. God, I want to hear You. God, I want to know You. God, I want to follow hard after You. And even before I know what I will face today, I say yes to You.
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Face God Hard Myself See Yourself

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