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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.

Lysa TerKeurst

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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
You’ve never gone too far that God can’t redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance.
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Chance Change Forgiveness God Transformation Yourself
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 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
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

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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