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"The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.- The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.- The triumphing of the wicked is short."...-Psa37:12,13.-Roml6:20.-Job20:5...

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Whether it's spending more time with your family, developing a subordinate who shows potential, helping people in the community, or putting your own desires on hold to benefit the team...-Maxwell, Leadership PromisesLuke10:34 "So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine . . . . brought him to an inn, and took care of him."

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This promise spans from the very smallest detail of life to the most important, and from the most humbling of daily tasks to God's greatest works of grace performed during a crisis. Paul's letter to the Romans states this in the present tense: `God works; not `worked' or `will work'. It is a continuing operation...-LBCowman, Streams In The Desert.Rom8:28 "We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose."

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Separate tones, notes, and even discords are required to compose melodious musical anthems. One note from an anthem may never be considered beautiful, but taken together, combined, and completed, they lead to perfect balance and harmony. In a thousand trials, it is not just five hundred of them that work 'for the good' of the believer, but nine hundred and ninety-nine, plus one...-George MuellerJohn13:7 "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."

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"The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.- He will not always chide: neither will He keep His anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth His children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him"...-Lukel5:20.-Psalml03:8-13...

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God does have a purpose for your life and understanding it is exciting. It centers in obedience. It's about God, not yowl Your obedience results in living out the concrete and specific will of God for your life. Treading the path of obedience to the will of the Father..: Sala, Refuge And Strength.Lukel4:27 "And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple."

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Turn your back on darkness. Faith is not a blind leap in the dark but a walk towards the light. The soft, sweet, gentle, restful, victorious, overflowing, and triumphant life that flows like a spring morning from an empty tomb...-Cowman, Streams.Matl4:31 "Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and caught him. `You of little faith,' he said, `why did you doubt'?"

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Facing a problem or a difficulty does not give you a license to disregard what is right. Two wrongs never make right. It's true 'Everyone has a little dirty laundry', yet it is also true that there is no stain so dark that God cannot remove it. God is the answer to man's desperation...-Sala, Refuge And Strength..Isal:18 "Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."

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People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced by someone they can trust, a person of good character. People won't trust you if they see that you are driven by ego, jealousy, or the belief that you are better than they are. Nothing develops or displays your character better than your desire to put others first. One of the fastest ways to break trust with others is in failing to fulfill your commitments...-Maxwell, Leadership Promises.Prov28:16 "Among leaders who lack insight, abuse abounds, but for one who hates corruption, the future is bright."

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Faith links me to Holy God and clothes me with the power of Jehovah. But without faith, I call to Him in vain, for faith is the only road between my soul and heaven. If the road is blocked, how can I communicate with the great King? Faith insures me that each of His attributes will be used in my defense. It causes me to march triumphantly over the necks of my enemies...-Charles SpurgeonLuke22:32 "I have prayed for you . . . that your faith may not fail. "

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How easily we point a fmger at others without seeing similar faults of our own. Measure yourself against a standard of personal accountability, and reflect on your own actions...-Seybert, LeadersLuke6:37 "Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others."

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"Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things.- Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.- The cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful.-Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."...-Lukel0:41.-Lukel2:30.-Mark4:19.-Hebl2:1...

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You can see the rain, but can you also see the flowers? You are suffering through these tests, but know that God sees sweet flowers of faith springing up in your life beneath these very trials. You try to escape the pain, yet God sees tender compassion for other sufferers finding birth in your soul. Your heart winces at the pain of heavy grief, but God sees the sorrow deepening and enriching your life...-LBCowmanGen41:52 "God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

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His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.- Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure."...-2Peterl:5,6: 10...

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"This is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.- Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you.- Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit"..: 1John5:14,15: Johnl6:23.-1Thess5:16-19...

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The wind was actually boisterous, the waves were actually high, but Peter did not reckon with them. He simply stepped out in recognition of his Lord and walked on the water. Then he began to reckon with the actual things, and down he went instantly. We step right out on God over some things, then elf-consideration enters in and down we go. Let actual circumstances be what they may, keep recognizing Jesus, maintain complete reliance on Him..: Chambers, My Utmost..Mat1429,30 "Then Peter. . .walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid."

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Bless the Lord, 0 my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy Name. Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all His benefits.- I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.- Every day will I bless Thee; and I will praise Thy Name for ever and ever. All Thy works shall praise Thee, 0 Lord; and Thy saints shall bless Thee....-Psal03:1,2.-Psa34:1: Psal45:2,10...

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One of the great things about investing in a team is that it almost guarantees a high return for the effort, because a team can do so much more than individuals. An investment for the future. Gather the best members possible. Empower each with responsibility and authority. Watch to see it is paying off. Stop your investment in members who do not grow. Where there's a team, there's more than one way...-Maxwell, Leadership PromiseslSam22:2 "So David became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him."

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Paul's chapter on love gives a simple, complete, and powerful answer...-Seybert, Leaders.ICor13:1 7 I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal."

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The Psalmist speaks of God watching him 'as the apple of the eye'. It is based on what happens when you look a person in the eye at point-blank range. You see an image of yourself in the eye of the other person. Apply this to your relationship with God: you will see yourself reflected in the gaze of the father. You are the apple of God's eye. -John OrtbergDeut32:10 "He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye."

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Turn your eyes upon Jesus/ Look full in His wonderful face/ And the things of earth will hold strangely dim/ In the light of His glory and grace...-Sandi Patti, Hymns Of FaithDeut32:4 "He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgement: a God of truth and without iniquity."

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It goes against our nature to admit that we've made a mistake, but God promises to restore and revive those who do. Failing to admit a mistake stalls the recovery process...-Seybert, Leaders.........Isa57:15 "I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts."

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"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.- Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: The God of all grace, Who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."... 1Pet4:12: l Pet1:6,7.-lPet5:10...

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A good farmer liberally sows seed, trying to ensure a good fall harvest. The more he sows, the more he reaps. You can't harvest what you haven't planted. We must guard against poverty; we should give our life because it is plentiful..-Maxwell, Leadership..2Cor9:10,11 "Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God."

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When we have doubts or are facing difficulties, we should calm ourselves in the sacred stillness of God's presence, study His Word for guidance, and with true devotion focus our attention on Him. We should lift our nature into the pure light radiating from Him, having an eagerness to know only what God our Lord will determine for us...-LBCowman, StreamsIsa30:21 "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, `This is the way; walk in it'."

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In our rush to get things done, we relegate intellectual health to the back burner. We don't take time to feed our minds because our to-do lists are too long. God complained to Hosea that His people were not feeding their minds at all...-Seybert, LeadersHoseal2:1: Hosl4:2. "Ephraim feedeth on wind . . . he daily increaseth lies and desolation.- Take with you Words, and turn to the Lord: say unto Him, 'Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips'."

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"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou, Lord, only, makest me dwell in safety: Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.- When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.- So He giveth His beloved sleep."...-Psa4:8.-Psa9l:9-11: Prov3:24.-Psa127:2...

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Simon was a Jewish nationalist who hated everything about Rome and zealously desired to destroy it. Matthew was a Roman tax collector. These two men had lived their entire lives hating everything the other stood for. Can you imagine the dialogue between them? Teams of people who play nicely in the same sandbox are great at maintaining status quo, but they aren't very good at generating new ideas. How diverse is your team...-Seybert, Leaders.Mat10:2 4 "Here are the names of the twelve apostles:... Matthew(the Roman tax collector) . . . Simon the (Jewish zealot)...."

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"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.-Jesus saith unto him, `Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hasty believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed'.-But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His Name."...-John3:16.-John20.29,31...

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He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment but a fool forever...-TillestonIJohn3:21,22 "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight."

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In matter of principle, stand like a rock; in matter of taste, swim with the current..: Thomas Jefferson.Rev2:17 I`To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."