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When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust him in spite of your feelings, you worship him in the deepest way.

Rick Warren

God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He’s working on you, too.
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Butterfly Change Diamond Gemstone God Himself Pressure Time Work
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
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
I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.
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Apology High Myself Power Service
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
You are as close to God as you choose to be.
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Choice God Yourself
God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.
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God Love Ourselves People Teaching
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
The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.
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Expectation God Responsibility Yourself
You weren’t put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.
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Earth Forever Preparation Remember
Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.
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Earth Endurance Impact Leaving Love People Treat
Prayer is the greatest use of my words.
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Greatness Myself Prayer Word
There’s a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck. There is a master plan. History is His story. God is pulling the strings.
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Chance Design History Life Planning Result Story
The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
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Death Greatness Purpose Tragedy
Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.
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Gift God Gratitude Yourself
We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
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Ourselves Past Prison Product
The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.
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Best Expression Life Love Philosophy Time
Failure isn’t a character quality. It’s just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.
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Character Event Failure Quality Respond Yourself
Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.
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Himself Life Purpose Yourself
You don’t have to be famous to be great.
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Fame Greatness 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
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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God Hope Life Meaning Purpose Significant
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
You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.
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God Time Yourself
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
If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.
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God Himself People Perfection
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

When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust him in spite of your feelings, you worship him in the deepest way.

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