So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God’s sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.
T. D. JAKESWe think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.
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God’s grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.
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I know whatever God means for me to have He’ll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don’t need it.
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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward.
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I grew up in hospitals. My father was sick. So I grew up in hospitals from the age of 10. Got to see a lot of suffering.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It’s a gift you give yourself.
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I think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation.
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There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority.
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Success is never an accident it’s always on purpose.
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A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.
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Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
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You can’t have healing without sickness.
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You don’t know how much you’ve grown- until trouble comes back for an encore.
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Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.
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