"Giving is just one way of expressing that God has been good to you and will continue to do so through your being good to others."
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"Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening."
"A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: 'You're not making me happy, you're not doing this, you're not doing that.'"
"Any time we are misused or used for a purpose other than what God intended us for, it's damaging."
"God's grace will never be available to you to become another person. He created to be you - the best "you" you can be! Forget about trying to be someone else."
"Do what's right, first. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to do the right thing first."
"Life is not fair; God is."
"We open the door for God to work by placing faith in His Word, and we open the door for Satan to work by placing faith in his word. He places thought in our minds that are not true, but can become true for us if they are believed."
"When we make a true commitment to walk in love, it usually causes a huge shift in our lifestyle. Many of our ways - our thoughts, our conversation, our habits - have to change."
"A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong."
"Even though God loves us, we still have a problem: sin. It's important for us to learn how to confront sin and overcome it, because while God loves sinners, He hates sin. And He hates it because of what it does to us and how it keeps us from the abundant life Jesus died to give us."
"Satan wants us to constantly focus on everything that is wrong with us and look at how far we still have to go. But God desires for us to rejoice in how far we have already come."
"Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they're not satisfied with their prayer life."
"I think there's more women that watch me than men, but I don't look at myself as just a minister to women. My ministry began that way, but I really feel like the Word of God is for everybody."
"I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God's Word that showed me I wasn't living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood."
"Nobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it's coming, a common response is, 'Oh no! Not again!'"
"We cannot know God apart from His Word."
"We are to enjoy what we have while we have it, but we are never to get to the point where we think we could not love without it."
"We need to put no confidence in the arm of flesh, but rather trust ourselves entirely to the arm of the Lord."
"I can tell you from experience that God's help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value."