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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.

Rick Warren

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
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.
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Experience Help Pain Wasted Time Yourself
You cannot fulfil God’s purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.
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Focus Fulfill Life Planning Purpose
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
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 teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.
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God Love Ourselves People Teaching
You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
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God Life Understand Yourself
In God’s garden of grace, even broken trees bear fruit…
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Fruit Garden God Grace Tree
While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.
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Experience Learning People Wisdom
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
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
Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you – to pray more, trust more, expect more.
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Expectation Impossible Motivational Scare Situation Trust Yourself
The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
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Appearance Close God Live Small
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
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
The most common mistake Christians make in worship today is seeking an experience rather than seeking God.
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Experience God Mistake Religion Seek Worship

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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