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Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.

Max Lucado

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.
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Feeling Independence Option Prayer Reason Thinking
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
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
Be quick to pray. Stop talking to yourself. Talk to Christ.
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Prayer Quick Stop Talk Yourself
Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.
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Difference Oneself Ourselves Prayer Stay
The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness.
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God Wisdom
Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you.
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God Problem Yourself
When you’re full of yourself, God can’t fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
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Empty God Religious Yourself
Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does and never, ever let go.
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Future Goal Hands Hold Inspirational Let Go Yourself
Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.
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Choice Decision Fight Option
God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.
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Connection God Spiritual
God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.
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God Hands Heart Himself Trust
Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.
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Belief Faith God Right
When grace moves in guilt moves out.
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Grace Guilty Leaving
You may go days without thinking of God, but there’s never a moment when He’s not thinking of you.
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Day God Moments Thinking Yourself
Don’t be defined by your failures, be refined by them.
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Choice Failure Yourself

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