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It’s not my perfect performance that captures God’s attention. It’s my complete dependence on Him that He notices.

Lysa TerKeurst

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: 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
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
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
When feelings of inadequacy come creeping in, let’s park our minds in God’s truth.
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Feeling God Mindset Ourselves Truth
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
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
Not making a decision is actually a decision. It’s the decision to stay the same.
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Choice Decision Home Stay
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
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
God is good to me, even when life doesn’t feel good to me.
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Feeling God Goodness Life Myself
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
Don’t put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.
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Identity Situation Small Yourself
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
Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
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Hard Impossible Inspirational Motivational
Today, let’s be determined to see blessings in the midst of things that seem like burdens.
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Blessing Determination Inspirational Motivational See
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
God loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities.
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Break God Love People Possible Surprise
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
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
Conflict tip: What comes out of someone else’s mouth is a reflection of their heart … not yours.
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Heart Reflection Voice Word Yourself
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
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
You have the exact qualities God knew your kids would need in a mother. Each day, hold up your willingness and ask God to make you the best version of you that you can possibly be.
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Best Children Exact God Hold Mom Possible Quality Version 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
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
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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