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You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

Rick Warren

Because every day of your life was written on God’s calendar before you were born, everything that happens to you has spiritual significance.
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Born Day Life Significance Spiritual
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
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
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
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
Many people allow their need for other people’s approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.
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Control Live Need People Thinking
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
It is never too late to start growing.
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Growth Knowledge Start Wisdom
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
We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
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Ourselves Past Prison Product
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 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
Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God’s face.
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Act Encouragement Face Kind Simplicity Smile Truth
If your activities don’t match your priorities, you are wasting your life.
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Activity Life Priority Wasted Time Yourself
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
Life minus love equals zero.
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Equality Life Love One Liner

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

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