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Don’t be defined by your failures, be refined by them.

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If today were your last, would you do what you’re doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?
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Forgiveness Love Yourself
Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.
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Anxiety Fear Imagination Relationship
Prayer lets God do what he does best. Take a pebble & kill a Goliath. Take the common, make it spectacular! Pray & see what He can do.
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Best God Himself Kill Prayer
No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we aren’t praying. When we pray, we aren’t worrying.
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God Prayer Religious Time Worry
The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.
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Responsibility Tree Work
God answers the mess of life with one word: Grace.
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God Grace Life Mess Word
Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.
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Children God Parents Power
Don’t worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It’s not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.
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Faith God Heart Himself Honesty Right Seek Word Worry
Jesus humbled himself. He went from commanding angels to sleeping in the straw. From holding stars to clutching Mary’s finger. The palm that held the universe took the nail of a soldier. Why? Because that’s what love does. It puts the beloved before itself.
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Fingers Himself Humble Love Stars
Engage with the Bible. Meditate on it day and night. Think and rethink about God’s Word. Let it be your guide. Make it your go-to book for questions. Let it be the ultimate authority in your life.
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Authority Day Home Life Night Religious Thinking
The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness.
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God Wisdom
A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.
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Exploration Glory God Problem Reward Season Suffering
Focus on giants – you stumble. Focus on God – Giants tumble.
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Belief Focus God Hope Inspirational Yourself
Lower your expectations of earth. This isn’t heaven, so don’t expect it to be.
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Deep Expectation Heaven Nature
God does uncommon things through common people in common places.
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God Magic People Place
The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.
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Chance Differences Food Grace Himself Mercy

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