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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.

Lysa TerKeurst

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
What if God’s ‘NO,’ is really a gift? His way to protect us from what we cannot see, provide something better than we can imagine, or be part of the process of growing us closer to Him.
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Gift God Growth Himself Imagination Process Protection
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
Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.
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Beautiful Courage Glory Reminder Scars See Survive
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
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
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
We want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention.
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Attention Big Direction God Ourselves Pay
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
Nothing done with the focus on God is ever a waste of time.
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Focus God Wasted Time
Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.
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Anxiety Myself Person Reality Try Work
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
Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.
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Command Confusion Love Sick
Today, let’s set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we’re not. Let’s cut the threads of guilt with grace.
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Grace Guilty Heart Mindset Ourselves See Thankful
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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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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