#0001788

Broken relationships are the epidemic of our day. Sin breaks our relationship with God; severes relationships with others as well, alienates family members, separates friends, creates mistrust - jealousy - hatred - and greed - all of which devastate relationships. Take the message to a broken, divided world and share the love and forgiveness that reflect what you received from God...-Blackaby, Experiencing God......2Cor5:19 “ For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.”

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#0001789

Are you at the mercy of an unfriendly, uncertain world--one that couldn't care less about you--with no guide or presence to direct your path? Or would you rather walk through the valley, knowing that your life matters to God, understanding that He who does not lie has promised that He will never leave or forsake you in a world of uncertainty?..-Sala, Refuge And Strength...........James4:14a,15 “How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow?- What you ought to say is, 'If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that'.”

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#0001790

Is there anything at all that is certain in our world? Life is uncertain for everybody. Certainty in an uncertain world is a myth, but the fear is removed when your life is in God's hands and His firm hand guides and directs you day by day...-Sala, Refuge And Strength...........James4:14b-15 “Your life is like the morning fog--it's here a little while, then it's gone. What you ought to say is, 'If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that'.”

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#0001791

Remember, our faith is always at its greatest point when we are in the middle of the trial, and confidence in the flesh will never endure testing. Fair weather faith is not faith at all...-Charles Spurgeon, Streams........Psalm107:23-24 “Some went off to sea in ships, plying the trade routes of the world. They, too, observed the Lord's power in action, His impressive work on the deepest seas.”

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#0001792

“The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.- Be not carried about with diverse and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace.- That we be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, Jesus Christ.- Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.”...-Isa57:20,21.-Heb13:9.-Eph4:14,15.-Mat11:28.-Psa23:2...

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#0001793

If you have become bitter and sour, it is because when God gave you a blessing you clutched it for yourself; whereas if you had poured it out unto the Lord, you would have been the sweetest person out of heaven. If you are always taking blessings to yourself and never learn to pour out anything unto the Lord, other people do not get their horizon enlarged through you. In the determination of my mind, I must pour it out unto the Lord, then these things pour out in rivers of living water all around...-Chambers, My Utmost.....2Sam23:16 “But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the Lord.”

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#0001794

Straining and striving does not accomplish the work God gives us to do. Only God Himself, who always works without stress and strain and who never overworks, can do the work He assigns to His children. When we restfully trust Him to do it, the work will be completed and will be done well. And the way to let Him do His work through us is to fully abide in Christ by faith that He fills us to overflowing...-Cowman, Streams........Mark6:48 “He saw the disciples straining at the oars.”

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#0001795

'Not overwork but overflow'. There is no straining effort in an overflowing life, and it is quietly irresistible. It is the normal life of omnipotent and ceaseless accomplishment into which Christ invites each of us to enter--today and always...-Cowman, Streams........Psa37:7 “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”

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#0001796

People don't really care what you know, until they know that you care...-Excerpts, Bob Madrid......Psalm37:5-6 “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this. He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.”

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#0001797

Life Is What You Make It. Find Your Own Path To Fulfillment...- Peter Buffett, Title of book Copyright2010 written by Warren's Son Peter and dedicated to his mother and father........James3:13 “Are there people among you who are wise and understanding? They are to prove it by their good lives by their good deeds performed with humility and wisdom.”

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#0001798

The condition of the soil, the depth of the soil, and environmental factors will determine whether seeds spring up and ultimately bear fruit. And the same is true of the Word of God...-David Jeremiah, Turning Points..........Mat13:11-12 “Jesus replied 'You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not. To those who listen to My teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.”

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#0001799

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savoured...-Earl Nightingale..........Proverbs3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.”

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#0001800

I know you meant well, but did you prosper me, or did your intentions do me harm?..-HBP........ James1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”

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#0001801

When you do not set your heart to seek the Lord, calamity is the inevitable result. The surest way to prosper in your endeavors is to diligently pursue the Will of God...-Blackaby, Experiencing God........2Chronicles31:21 “In all that he did . . . Hezekiah sought God wholeheartedly. As a result he was very successful.”

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#0001802

If you allow the death of Jesus on the cross to forever settle any questions you might have about God's love, you will approach difficult circumstances with confidence. Knowing that there will never be anything that could separate you from God's perfect love, you will watch to see how God expresses His love in each circumstance...-Blackaby, Experiencing God.......Rom8:38-39 “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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#0001803

Recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever before experienced, and to accept it with delight as an opportunity of receiving a greater measure of God's divine grace. In this way, even the Adversary becomes a help to us, and all the things that seem to be against us turn out to assist us along our way. Surely this is what is meant by the words in Romans8:37...-ABSimpson, Streams.......Rom8:37 “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”

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#0001804

To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness...-Mary Stuart........Psalm139:17-18 “How precious . . . are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand; when I awake I am still with Thee.”

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#0001805

Nothing you could ever experience, no matter how terrible or frightening, could ever separate you from the love of God. No tribulation and distress you might ever suffer could be so intense that God's love for you is not even more fervent. Even death itself is incapable of robbing you of your heavenly Father's infinite love...-Blackaby, Experiencing God........Rom8:35 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

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#0001806

“Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress(Psalm4:1).” This verse is one of the greatest testimonies ever written regarding the effectiveness of God's work on our behalf during times of crisis. It is a statement of thanksgiving for having been set free not 'From' suffering but rather 'Through' suffering. In stating it, the psalmist is declaring that the sorrows of life have themselves been the source of life's enlargement...-George Matheson, Streams.......Pralm4:1 “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress.”

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#0001807

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of man can achieve. Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements...- Napoleon Hill.....John11:25 “Jesus told her, 'I Am the Resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in Me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in Me and believes in Me will never ever die. Do you believe this?”

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#0001808

Listening to God's Word, you may hear things from Him that no one else hears. Don't become frustrated with others if they are not as excited about a truth from God as you are. Don't be impatient with them if they are not implementing God's Word in their lives exactly as you are. God will personalize His Word to you. He will relate to each of your friends in a way that specifically meets their needs as well...-Blackaby, Experiencing God.......Isaiah40:31 “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.”

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#0001809

Zaccheus would have been satisfied simply to catch a glimpse of the great Teacher. But Jesus stopped, turned, and looked directly at him! Jesus will relate to you in ways that are unique to you. He knows your past; He knows what you will face in the future. Because He knows everything about you, His Word to you will perfectly fit the circumstances of your life...-HTBlackaby, Experiencing God.......Luke19:5 “And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, ‘Zaccheus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.’”

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#0001810

The humor is that seriously, inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and go to work. You don't just get up in the morning and say 'i am going to be creative today'. You must live out the Virtual Reality...-Bloomberg Charlie Rose Roundtable with leading Art Curators and Scientists, Neurologists- Ann Temkin, Oliver Stone, Alexander Pope, Richard Kendall...-Proverbs21:5 “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.”NLT

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#0001811

A shallow life lives on its impulses, impressions, intuitions, instincts, and largely on its circumstances. Those with profound character, however, look beyond all these and move steadily ahead, seeing the future, where sorrow, seeming defeat, and failure will be reversed. They sail right through storm clouds into the bright sunshine which always awaits them on the other side...-ABSimpson, Streams.......Mat13:1-9 “Consider the sower who went out to sow . . Other seeds fell fell on rocky ground where there wasn't much soil, and they sprang up quickly because the soil wasn't deep. But when the sun came up they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered. . . . Still others fell on good soil, and produced a crop: some 100, some 60, some 30 times what was sown. . . listen!”

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#0001812

Once God has deepened us, He can give us His deepest truths, His most profound secrets, and will trust us with greater power. Lord, lead us into the depths of Your life and save us from a shallow existence!..-ABSimpson, Steams..........Mat13:9-11 “Anyone with ears to hear should listen.' Jesus disciples came and asked Him, ‘Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?’ He replied, ‘You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not’.”

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#0001813

Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs...-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands..........Ecc9:10 “Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.”

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#0001814

Everything that happens to us is meant to bring us closer to Him. Nothing Can Separate Us From God's Love...-JSoriano.....-Rom8:31-33“What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since He did not spare even His Own Son but gave Him up for us all, won't He also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for His own? No one--for God Himself has given us right standing with Himself.”

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#0001815

Heart of gratitude. Gratitude is a choice to follow God's command. It is an attitude, not a feeling, that dictates your choices. A choice that affects your feelings. An act of worship to God. Gratitude Changes our Attitude...-JSoriano..........1Thess5:18 “In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.”

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#0001816

Lift your heart in rejoicing, giving thanks for the abundance of God's blessing. Can you read? Did you know that more than 1billion people are functionally illiterate and can't even read the label on a bar of soap. Most important, has God revealed Himself to you by His Word in a way that you know when you die, you will spend eternity in the home Jesus went to prepare for you? Forget the soap! Focus on the blessing...-Sala, Refuge.....Prov3:3-4 “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them at the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.”