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If you want to make an impact on the world around you, this rugged society that is moving in the wrong direction more rapidly every year, Christ said, “love one another.” Your love will speak with stunning eloquence to a lost world.
From John 13:35: “[Jesus said] By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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There must be complete and unqualified reliance on the Living Lord. In other words, one must develop the discipline of surrender.
From Psalm 62:5: “For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from Him.”
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The Lord is our God. He does bow to our hurried pace, but in silence He waits for us to meet His demands.
From Psalm 113:3: “From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised.”
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So if you want to smile through your tears, if you want to rejoice through times of suffering, just keep reminding yourself that, as a Christian, what you’re going through isn’t the end of the story . . . it’s simply the rough journey that leads to the right destination.
From Psalm 106:3: “Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.”
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Under heaven’s lock and key, we are protected by the most efficient security system available–the power of God.
From 1 Peter 1:5: By this great mercy He [God] has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ . . . and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
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We often find in attempting to teach others, that we gain instruction for ourselves.
From Proverbs 11:25: “A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.”
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Surprises are part of God’s plan. They remind us He’s still in charge.
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God is fully trustworthy. I am finally learning this. I’m finally learning that His sovereign plan is the best plan. That whatever I entrust to Him, He can take care of better than I.
From 2 Thessalonians 3:5: “May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.”
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Hope is a wonderful gift from God, a source of strength and courage in the face of life’s harshest trails.
From Psalm 73:25: “Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than You.”
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The fruit of the Spirit is self-control. Self-control frees us from slavery. Self-control stops bad habits. It checks us. It halts us.
From Galatians 5:25: “If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.”
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