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God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

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There’s a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck. There is a master plan. History is His story. God is pulling the strings.
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Chance Design History Life Planning Result Story
Living by faith isn’t living with certainty. It’s trusting God in spite of unanswered questions and unresolved doubts.
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Doubt Faith God Live Question Trust
Because every day of your life was written on God’s calendar before you were born, everything that happens to you has spiritual significance.
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Born Day Life Significance Spiritual
The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you’re honored by others.
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Care Honor Humble Influence Power Service Yourself
One day it’s all going to be clear. It’s all going to make sense. You’re going to be able to say, “So that’s why God allowed that in my life!” Until then, God wants you to trust him.
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Allow God Himself Life Mystery Trust Yourself
God will never love you any less or more than he does right now because his love is based on who he IS,not what you’ve done.
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God Himself Love Yourself
If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you’d have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind.
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Argument Complain Mindset Peace Prayer Yourself
Our hope is not in the man we put in the White House but in the Man we put on the Cross.
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Home Hope Man Ourselves Religious
Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.
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Easy Fame Hard Popular Yourself
If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.
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God Himself People Perfection
Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.
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Delay God Himself Planning Trust
It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.
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Death Destiny Discover End God Identity Origin
Many people allow their need for other people’s approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.
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Control Live Need People Thinking
Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.
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Best Live Surrender Way Work
Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.
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Consequence Earth Eyes Forever Measurement Time
It is never too late to start growing.
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Growth Knowledge Start Wisdom
Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.
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Earth Endurance Impact Leaving Love People Treat
In God’s garden of grace, even broken trees bear fruit…
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Fruit Garden God Grace Tree
Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery – there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.
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Deep Despair Discover Journey Life Moments Transformation Valley
Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.
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Crowd Follow Lost
The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.
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Deep Faith God Happiness Himself Loud Praise Time Trust
Start today by practicing constant conversation with God and continual mediation on his Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; mediation lets God speak to you.
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Conversation Day God Meditation Prayer Start Talk Yourself
Trusting God completely means having faith that he knows what is best for your life. You expect him to keep his promises, help you with problems, and do the impossible when necessary.
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Best Faith God Impossible Life Necessary Trust Yourself
Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.
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Feeling Greatness People
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
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Career Faith Service Yourself
Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.
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Deep Healing Hurt People Wound Yourself
In pain, I’d rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers.
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Answer God Pain Walk

God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

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God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

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