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You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

Rick Warren

People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character
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Character God Impression Interest People
We become whatever we are committed to.
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Commitment Myself Transformation
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
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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Comfortable Explanation God Ourselves Present
Racism is stupid. It’s an insult to God, arrogantly implying that God goofed-up when he chose to make us all different.
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Choice Different God Insult Race
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
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
To make the most of your life you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.
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Forever Heart Life Value Vision Yourself
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
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Gift Greatness Time Yourself
If your activities don’t match your priorities, you are wasting your life.
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Activity Life Priority Wasted Time Yourself
God’s ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.
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Earth God Life Spiritual Ultimate Yourself
Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.
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Forever Greatness Life Yourself
The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.
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God People Service Yourself
If you prayed as much as you worry, you’d have nothing to worry about.
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Prayer Worry Yourself
To make the best use of your life, you must never forget two truths: First, compared with eternity, life is extremely brief. Second, earth is only a temporary residence. You won’t be here long, so don’t get too attached.
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Attachment Best Compare Earth Forget Life Residence Temporary
Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.
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Day Greatness Life Opportunity Surround Time

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

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