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01c. 1967 AD

When we front a fiction, we are destined for loneliness.

Craig Groeschel / quote

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02c. 1967 AD

God put you on earth with a divine assignment- something prepared in advance for you to do. I've found that the things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don't are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It's our burden.

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03c. 1967 AD

Instead of drifting away from God, you'll be firmly anchored, able to swim against the tide, offering living water to all you meet.

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04c. 1967 AD

Paul's one thing was committing to forget about the past, to forge ahead into the future.

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05c. 1967 AD

The simplest definition of prayer is communicating with God. That's it. Did you miss it? Let me say it again. Prayer is simply communicating with God. That one uncomplicated thought began to revolutionize my whole prayer life. What is communication? It's transferring a thought, feeling, emotion, or idea to another person. So prayer is giving God my thoughts, feelings, emotions, and ideas, by whatever means works. It doesn't have to be formal. It doesn't have to be long and dry. It's simply communicating.

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06c. 1967 AD

Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.

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07c. 1967 AD

Although we're made right with God by faith, and not by works, the effectiveness of our prayers is often tied to the holiness of our lives.

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08c. 1967 AD

You've never really know what it's like to trust God to provide for you today, because you've got today provided for. And probably tomorrow too. Maybe even into next winter, with all the food socked away in that extra freezer in the garage.

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09c. 1967 AD

But don't ever forget: adultery is also biblical grounds for forgiveness, healing, and restoration.

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10c. 1967 AD

He is the God who loved you so much that His Son stripped Himself of all heavenly glory to live as an impoverished Jewish carpenter so He could shed His blood, suffer, and die for the forgiveness of our sins.

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11c. 1967 AD

My friends don't think they're rich, because they know someone who's richer.

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12c. 1967 AD

For many of us, it's just one thing standing in our way of completely following Jesus.

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13c. 1967 AD

Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves.

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14c. 1967 AD

She said, "Right now, while we have this time, I'm not going to do any of that other stuff. I'm going to seize this moment and simply enjoy being with Jesus while I can." Mary made a deliberate choice. She wasn't being lazy and using company as an excuse to get out of helping her sister with chores. She was choosing to focus on what mattered the most.

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15c. 1967 AD

If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so you can stock up on capri pants for next summer or afford a leather interior in the new SUV.

Craig Groeschel / quote

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16c. 1967 AD

If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so you can stock up on capri pants for next summer or afford a leather interior in the new SUV. As long as you don't own the responsibility of being blessed with resources so that you can give to those around you, then you can stay focused on getting more for yourself.

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17c. 1967 AD

We can give away all that He entrusts to us in the same spirit of generosity.

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18c. 1967 AD

If you had a friend you refused to talk to, eventually you couldn't keep calling that person a friend anymore.

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19c. 1967 AD

I'm asking God to give you a Popeye moment. A moment when God blesses you with a divine burden: something that bothers you so deeply, you're moved from complacency to action.

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20c. 1967 AD

We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different.

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21c. 1967 AD

Teach your kids by modeling what you claim to believe.

Craig Groeschel / quote

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22c. 1967 AD

You don't believe He knows what's best for you: that rest will make you more productive and more spiritually healthy.

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23c. 1967 AD

Tragically, many people have this faithless, wishy-washy mindset, which causes them to lose the battle in their minds before they ever fight it in the world.

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24c. 1967 AD

God's blessings, however, aren't always bigger, better, and beautiful. In fact, I truly believe that God gifts His chosen leaders with a very unusual blessing. You might even call it a weird blessing because most of the time we call it...a burden.

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