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"When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He's done... is doing... and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don't let yourself ever get used to it... stay amazed!"
"The best way to have the last word is to apologize."
"God is the Source of real love, joy, peace, wisdom and everything else we all need to be the people He has created us to be."
"Sometimes God allows us to be tested because He's preparing us for promotion."
"Once we know the Word of God, we have a responsibility to be obedient to it."
"If you can help a child, you don't have to spend years repairing an adult."
"Worrying is trying to figure out what to do to save yourself rather than trusting in God for deliverance."
"If we are hungry enough for God, we will find a way into His presence. We should be so hungry for the presence of God that we absolutely will not go out of our house or tackle any kind of project until we have spent some time with Him."
"Why is it that although it takes us years to get into our messes, we expect God to get us out of them in a few days?"
"God is working on your problem. Stay calm. Stay sweet. Stay out of fear and keep on keeping on."
"Excellence - Take what you have and do the BEST with it."
"Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die."
"Our feelings are real and they are powerful, but they are not more powerful than God and truth."
"If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future."
"I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you."
"When we pray, we open the door for God to come into our problems and situations and work on them."
"Is all anger sin? No, but some of it is. Even God Himself has righteous anger against sin, injustice, rebellion and pettiness."
"Commit to stop making excuses. When we make excuses, we lie to ourselves and continue bad habits."
"If you are a believer married to an unbeliever I want to tell you that the greatest witness that you can be to them is to try to be the same all the time. Don't let the way they act control you. Dave didn't let my actions control him. He stayed happy, and that just made me madder, because unhappy people just want to make other people unhappy, but it finally broke through to me that he's got a stability and a joy and a peace that I did not have."
"Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence."