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Trust in Him Are you doing your part to study God's Word, believe it, and trust Him? When you do, He will do the rest.
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God Sees the Good in You
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But if we want God's peace and joy, we can't waste our time trying to be people-pleasers.
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JANUARY 17 Learn to Love I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. JOHN 13:34 How much do you know about real love . . . God's kind of love? Everybody knows love is always spoken of in connection with Christianity. There are lots of sermons on love--it's a pretty plain and simple subject. Everybody talks about love. But where are all the people who love? God..
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I like to say that wisdom is choosing to do today what we will be satisfied with tomorrow or later on in life.
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God is not necessarily looking for people with amazing abilities, but He searches for availability and a person who is willing to simply do whatever He asks them to do. If we will lift our hands to God and say, "I am available to do whatever You want me to do," we will have peace and joy as we journey through life."
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Power Thought: I begin my day with an attitude of praise--praying and listening for God's voice.
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First we must understand that when God calls us to do something, we should not say that we cannot do it. If God says we can, then we can! So often we speak out of our insecurities, or we verbalize what others have previously said about us, or what the devil has told us.
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MAY 7 Let God Increase Your Strength He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound]. ISAIAH 40:29 When I feel myself starting to get weary, I go to the Lord. I have learned it's better to keep up regular maintenance than to wait until a breakdown occurs and then try to repair the damage. It is wise not to use up everything you have and totally deplete..
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I wonder how much of our mental time is spent worrying, reasoning, and fearing--possibly more than is spent on anything else. Instead of meditating on our problems, let's choose to meditate on the "alls" of God. He says you can cast "... [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you..." (1 Pet. 5:7). Let us realize how unlimited His power is and trust Him to do what we cannot do."
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Trust in Him If it's not already here, your next change is on the way. Build your trust in God now by preparing your heart through spending time in His Word and coming to Him in prayer.
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start their day on the "wrong foot." They feel all right when they wake up, but as soon as something goes wrong, they lose their footing and walk with a"
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start their day on the "wrong foot." They feel all right when they wake up, but as soon as something goes wrong, they lose their footing and walk with a "loser's limp" the rest of the day. Once they are off to a bad start, it seems they never catch up."
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When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. PROVERBS 16:7
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Slow Is Good Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry. For man's anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires]. JAMES 1:19-20 In these verses, God is telling us to listen more than we talk. Think about it: If God wanted us to be quick to speak and slow to listen, He would have created us with two mouths and only one ea..
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If you feel guilty right now and are afraid that God is mad at you, then you are miserable. But your misery can be immediately changed to peace and joy by simply believing God's Word. Believe that God loves you and that He is ready to show you mercy and forgive you completely. Believe that God has a good plan for your life. Believe that God is not mad at you!
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Be still and know that He is God. Be assured that as long as you trust Him, He will never fail you or disappoint you.
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This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it. PSALM 118:24
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To you it was shown, that you might realize and have personal knowledge that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him. DEUTERONOMY 4:35
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One of the biggest causes of stress is focusing on the negative things that are happening around us.
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Jesus had much to say to the Pharisees of His day. They had a polished performance, kept the laws, followed all the rules and regulations, and were proud of it. They also had a judgmental attitude toward others, did not walk in love, and showed no mercy. Jesus called them whitewashed tombs full of dead men's bones (Matthew 23:27).
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Those who are easily offended and touchy are insecure.
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Matthew 5:41 says to go the extra mile--don't just do what you have to do. I believe the Lord has caused me to know that real excellence is to do the more excellent thing even when nobody is looking--even when nobody is around to reward us, notice us, or recognize us as exceptional people.
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Be content with what you have, refuse to focus on what you don't have; love others; and stay hopeful concerning what you want and need.
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Prayer of Thanks Father, I am so thankful that I can choose what thoughts to dwell on. With Your help, I can reject negative thinking, and I can focus on thoughts based on Your Word. Thank You that I can be a confident, positive person.
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Perhaps you feel that God did let you down at some time in your life, or that one of His promises did not come true for you. If so, I urge you to realize that God doesn't always work within our time frame or in the ways that we would choose, but if you continue to trust Him, you will see the goodness of God in your life. Trust God at all times, and never give up. This is one of the ways that we can be faithful to God, as He is to us.
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sitting on that bench just pondering. I don't
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The Bible says our warfare is with the devil, not with people (Ephesians 6:12).
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We cannot control the temperaments we are born with; they are God's choice. We can work with the Holy Spirit to achieve balance, but basically we are who we are.
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God decided to love us before we even arrived on planet earth. The only thing that stands between us and God's love is our being willing to believe Him and receive it.
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And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 NIV
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I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
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From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise are persuasive. Kind words are like honey--sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. PROVERBS 16:23-24 NLT
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Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
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In this one Scripture we find the answer to how we can have an enjoyable life that is filled with good things. A good life is not one that is entirely trouble free, but it is one that can always be enjoyed because we trust God and have thoughts filled with hope and a good attitude. Romans 12:2 is a very important verse of Scripture for us to understand. The simplicity of its message is that God has a good, acceptable, and perfect plan for y..
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I know the effect insecurity can have on lives because I experienced it myself. I know what it does to a person. Those who have been hurt badly through abuse or severe rejection, as I have, often seek the approval of others to try to overcome their feelings of rejection and low self-esteem. They suffer from those feelings and use the addiction of approval to try to remove the pain. They are miserable if anyone seems to not approve of them i..
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If I continue trying to do what only God can do, I will make myself miserable.
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Jesus also said, ...In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer...For I have overcome the world... (John 16:33).
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Succumbing to a lifetime of guilt is just another form of approval addiction. ARE
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We need to be able to step back from our situations and see them from God's perspective. Then we need to make decisions based on what we know rather than on what we feel.
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Let circumstances do what they will--and as far as you're concerned, be determined to remain stable.
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You have strengths and weaknesses, and you do things right and you do things wrong. You sin, just as everyone else does. And sin is sin, despite its nature or magnitude. Regardless of how hard we try, none of us will ever be completely perfect in this life, but not being perfect at everything we do does not mean we have no worth or value. You are special--unique--and that means there is only one like you, imperfections and all.
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It was a great day of victory for me when I finally realized that God only wanted me to be me, that He had created me with His own hand in my mother's womb, that I was not a mistake, and that I could stand before Him as an individual without needing to compare myself with others. The
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We are partners with God. Our part is to trust Him, to know His Word and believe it,
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