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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.

Rick Warren

Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.
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Character Habit Ourselves Remember
Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.
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Easy Learning Love Nature Task
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
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Gift Greatness Time Yourself
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
God’s LOVE is Like an Ocean; You can See its Beginning, but not its end.
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Beginning End God Love Ocean Yourself
If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.
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God Himself People Perfection
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
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
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Build Character Moral Opportunity Potential Problem Spiritual
The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.
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Deep Distance Himself Level
Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.
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Devil Himself Limitation Prayer
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
If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them.
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Irritate People Service Try Yourself
In God’s garden of grace, even broken trees bear fruit…
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Fruit Garden God Grace Tree
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
People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character
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Character God Impression Interest People
The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
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God Stop Worry 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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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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