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In deep pain, people don’t need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.

Rick Warren

The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.
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Endurance Forever Pain Reward Secret Temporary 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
The purpose of influence is to “speak up for those who have no influence.” It’s not about you.
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Influence Talk Yourself
When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust him in spite of your feelings, you worship him in the deepest way.
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Abandonment Deep Himself Trust Way Worship
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
Worship isn’t an event to attend & watch. It’s a lifestyle to be lived.
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Event Lifestyle Live See Worship
God accepts us unconditionally, and in his view we are all precious and priceless. Focus on this and you will not waste any time and effort trying to be someone you’re not.
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Acceptance Condition Effort God View Wasted Time Yourself
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
God doesn’t intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.
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Each Other God Life Pain Stress
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
God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.
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God Love Ourselves People Teaching
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
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Compassionate Humility Thinking Yourself
The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
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Appearance Close God Live Small
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
You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.
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God Time Yourself
Great opportunities are often disguised as small acts of service.
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Act Greatness Service Small

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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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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