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Bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
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We only trust people we know,' says Martha Tennison...'If you're struggling to trust God, it may be because you don't really know God.
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All over the world, people go to unimaginable lengths to find God--which is sad when you consider the unimaginable lengths God has already gone to find us
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The fact is, until we stop doubting God's goodness, we can't experience God's love.
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though we all applaud the thought of transformation, most of us don't appreciate the process that gets us there. To be transformed means we have to change, and change too often hurts.
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For even a little sin in our wellspring has the power to pollute and corrupt the very essence of who we are.
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I believe the ability to love people as we should only comes from the security of knowing we ourselves are loved. For you cannot share what you do not have. Which is another reason we need the Holy Spirit--for He bears witness with our hearts that we are God's children, and dearly loved as well (Romans 8:15-16, 1 John 3:1).
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Take my struggles and use them for your glory. But whatever you do, please don't leave me the same.
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When we're distracted and discouraged, tired and overwhelmed, there is no better place to go than to our Father. He alone has what we need. Don't snivel under a broom tree. Don't hide in a broom closet. Go to the Lord and let him sweep away your discouragement.
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We are as intimate with God as we choose to be."7 The only limitations of God's presence in our lives are the limits we ourselves set--the excuses we set up to avoid being filled to the measure with God."
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being teachable, in essence, involves three things: being willing to listen acting on what we hear responding to discipline
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Do not be anxious about anything," Paul wrote in Philippians 4:6-7, "but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
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We all want a testimony, but we'd rather skip the test that gives us one.
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missed that point for a long time. I had spent so much of my life concentrating on the "fruit" of my own personal holiness, that I missed out on the connection, the sweet intimacy of being attached to the Vine. And as a result, what I tried to do was as ludicrous as an apple tree branch trying to produce apples by its own effort. "Be good, be good. Do good, do good," the broken branch chants as it lies on the orchard grass. "That apple shou..
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For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7, KJV)." --
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And Jesus' words to Martha are the words he wants to speak to your heart and mine: "You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed." The "one thing" is not found in doing more. It's found by sitting at his feet."
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we do need to learn how to say no, but only so we are able to say yes to God when he wants to give us an assignment.
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Someone has said that Jesus went from place of prayer to place of prayer and did miracles in between.
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You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. LUKE 10:41-42
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Its been said that worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.
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Be anxious about nothing. Be prayerful about everything. Be thankful for all things.
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All over the world, people go to unimaginable lengths to find God--which is sad when you consider the unimaginable lengths God has already gone to find us.
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It wasn't long before the gracious hostess in Martha collapsed and the Queen of Hearts took over, pointing fingers and screaming, "Off with their heads! Off with everyone's head!"
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Putting our earthly nature to death isn't something we can do apart from God. It isn't meant to be a renovation we attempt on our own or a charade we play at until it becomes reality. Believe me, I've tried it that way, and it just doesn't work. And yet, while the Holy Spirit wants to help us, we must initiate the act. For in a very real sense, only we can choose to die.
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I'm trying to learn that in my Christian walk as well. If I'll move to the beat of the Spirit and relinquish control of my life to Him, I'll be able to dance to the music God has playing in His head rather than movin' and agroovin' to the catchy little tunes I've got going in my own. For when I allow the Lord to provide the accompaniment to my life, I discover a richly layered soundtrack more beautiful than anything I could compose myself. ..
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God has not called me to be successful," Mother Teresa answered. "God has called me to be faithful."8"
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Lord, you know better than I know myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from getting talkative, particularly from the fatal habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom it seems a pity not to use it all, but you know, Lord, that..
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