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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.

Lysa TerKeurst

Big things are built one brick at a time. Victories are achieved one choice at a time. A life well lived is chosen one day at a time.
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Achievement Big Build Choice Life Time Victory
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
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
Praying helps me see perspectives otherwise beyond me.
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Beyond Myself Perspective Prayer See
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
No matter your age, stage of life, or circumstances, don’t forget to dare to dream with God. You don’t have to figure anything out. Just keep saying yes to Him, in big ways and small, and watch what He does.
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Age Big Dare Dreams Forget God Himself Life Small Wall
It’s not my perfect performance that captures God’s attention. It’s my complete dependence on Him that He notices.
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Capture God Himself Notice Perfection Performance
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
Outside our comfort zone, though, is where we experience the true awesomeness of God.
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Comfortable Experience God True Zone
God is good to me, even when life doesn’t feel good to me.
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Feeling God Goodness Life Myself
Chase God’s heart today. Christianity has got to be more than a label, a lingo, and a lifestyle.
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God Heart Life Style
Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
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Hard Impossible Inspirational Motivational
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
Remember, the Devil loves to make us focus on the little that’s wrong so we miss the big picture of all that’s right.
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Big Devil Focus Love Photograph Remember Right
Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak.
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Choice God Talk Wisdom Woman
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
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 so desperately want my words to be indicative of how deeply and completely I love my people.
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Complete Deep Desperate Love People Word
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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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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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