"Everything you do is a seed that you sow. Seed bad, harvest bad. Seed good, harvest good. And the list goes on and on."
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"Nobody has a perfect life and it's entirely possible that if you want someone else's life they are busy wanting someone else's too–maybe even yours."
"Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut."
"Real Christianity can be summed up in two commands: Love God, and love people."
"God plants dreams in people's hearts. But many people do not continue all the way to the end in order to follow Him to the fulfillment of that dream. Many get started and quit get started and quit get started and quit. They do not continue because their broken heart overwhelms their hope. They do not have any inner strength to carry them through to the end. Jesus will bind up your wounds and heal your bruises. His Word is the medicine for your soul."
"Peter was the only one who walked on water besides Jesus, but he was also the only one who got out of the boat. Until you make a decision to believe, and then act on it, nothing will happen."
"It's amazing what we lose in life by listening to fear, instead of listening to God."
"Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man."
"When we face our fears, we can find our freedom."
"Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit coming to us free of charge to enable you to do with ease what you could never do on your own with any amount of struggle and effort."
"Don’t feel like you have to take every suggestion people give you. Not every good idea is a God idea."
"Trust means we always have questions that we don't have the answers to."
"God works according to the law of gradual growth, so don't be discouraged if your progress seems slow."
"You can't fulfill all the expectations of everyone you know, so you might as well go ahead & disappoint them & get it over with."
"If you don't like yourself, you're going to have a really hard time getting along with anyone else."
"Our world has created a false unrealistic image of what women are supposed to look like and act like. But the truth is that every woman was not created by God to be skinny, with a flawless complexion and long flowing hair. Not every woman was intended to juggle a career as well as all of the other duties of being a wife, mother, citizen, and daughter. Single women should not be made to feel they are missing somenthing because they are not married. Married women should not be made to feel they must have a career to be complete. We must have the freedom to be our individual selves."
"Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude."
"It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health."
"Love and Self-control are the bookends of the fruit of the Spirit. Remove one of them and the rest fall over"
"The Bible says that Christians are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. On the job, in the grocery store, even among unsaved friends and family members, God's people are there to bring seasoning to an unsavory situation."