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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
Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.
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Bridge Humility People Pride
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
Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.
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Build Defeat Give Up Integrity Pride Rejection Temptation Time Yourself
God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.
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Book Circumstance God Problem Purpose Reading Scripture
The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.
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Act Feeling Thinking Way Yourself
Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.
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Himself Life Purpose Yourself
Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you – your relationship with God.
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God Reality Relationship Security Yourself
We become whatever we are committed to.
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Commitment Myself Transformation
There is nothing you can do that will make God stop loving you. You could try, but you simply can’t do it – because his love for you is based upon his character and not on anything you do or say or feel.
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Character Feeling God Love Simplicity Try Yourself
The greatest use of your words is prayer. Talk to God about EVERYTHING, all the time. Maintain a running conversation.
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Conversation Greatness Prayer Run Word Yourself
The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.
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Happiness Learning People Service
We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.
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Blessing Healing Heaven Help Wait
God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.
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Achievement Attitude God Interest
It is never too late to start growing.
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Growth Knowledge Start Wisdom
Most of the time, it’s your thinking, not your talent, that holds you back.
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Hold Talent Thinking Time Yourself
We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
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Ourselves Past Prison Product
Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves that allows us to get on with our lives instead of being trapped in the past by resentment.
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Forgiveness Live Ourselves Past Regret Trap
In deep pain, people don’t need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.
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Deep Logic Pain People 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
People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character
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Character God Impression Interest People
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD
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Difficult Happiness Moments Thankful
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
You weren’t put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.
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Earth Forever Preparation Remember
When you use your life for God’s glory, everything you do can become an act of worship
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Act Glory God Life Worship Yourself
When you feel nothing, God is teaching you to live by faith.
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Faith Feeling God Live Teaching Yourself
I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.
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Apology High Myself Power Service

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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