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Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart.

Lysa TerKeurst

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
Love isn’t what I have the opportunity to get from this world. Love is what I have the opportunity to give.
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Generosity Love Myself Opportunity World
There is power in simply speaking the name Jesus.
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God Name Power Talk
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
Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart.
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Compliment Criticism Head Heart People Yourself
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
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
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
Sometimes we need the salt of tears to remind us how to savor the sweetness of life.
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Cry Life Ourselves Reminder Tears Time
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
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
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
Prayer does make a difference-a life-changing, mind-blowing, earth-rattling difference.
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Change Difference Earth Inspirational Life Power Prayer
God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.
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Care God Love Praise Reminder Sleep Surprise Sweet Worth
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
The only way our faith can strengthen is if we use it.
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Faith Ourselves Religious Strength
A woman who is careful with her words is a gift to all who know her.
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Care Gift Herself Woman Word
We want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention.
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Attention Big Direction God Ourselves Pay
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
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
Not making a decision is actually a decision. It’s the decision to stay the same.
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Choice Decision Home Stay
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
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
We need to make sure our activities and our attitudes line up with what pleases God first and foremost. Wherever we focus our attention the most will become the driving force in our lives.
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Activity Attention Attitude Drive Focus Force God Live Need Ourselves
This life is not about me. It’s about joining hands with Jesus to fulfill whatever tasks He sets before me and to share His love with all He brings my way.
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Fulfill Hands Life Love Way

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