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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.

Rick Warren

You cannot fulfil God’s purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.
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Focus Fulfill Life Planning Purpose
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
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Career Faith Service Yourself
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
You don’t have to be famous to be great.
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Fame Greatness Yourself
You can’t make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something.
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Learning Life Mistake Yourself
The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.
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Expectation God Responsibility 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
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’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
You don’t bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.
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Ability Glory Happiness Hide Yourself
Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.
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Choice Commitment Life Yourself
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
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
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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Forever Heart Life Value Vision Yourself
People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.
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Message Ourselves People Prayer Refusal Rejection
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

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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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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