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 WARRENSince God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.
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When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time
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The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life’s purpose: Ask God.
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Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.
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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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In pain, I’d rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers.
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Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.
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We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
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A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.
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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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People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.
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Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
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Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable.
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Prayer is the greatest use of my words.
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Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.
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Not everything in this life has a happy ending, but this life is not the end of the story.
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