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We can't solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.

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More and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie.

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Jesus loves sinners. He only loves sinners. He has never turned anyone away who came to Him for forgiveness, and He died on the cross for sinners, not for respectable people.

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The Lord never makes a mistake. One day, when we are in heaven, I'm sure we shall see the answers to the whys.

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You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.

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The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.

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Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way... God can give us the perfect way.

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In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.

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Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.

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As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.

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Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

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Does being born into a Christian family make one a Christian? No! God has no grandchildren.

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If it's dark everywhere, you can become so discouraged. You might doubt whether light still exists. But even if you can't see the Lord, He sees you and me. Jesus said, 'And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age' (Matt. 28:20). When it's necessary, He suddenly says, 'I'm still here!'

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Worry is like a rocking chair—it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.

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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

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And here I felt a strange leaping of my heart-God did! My job was to simply follow His leading one step at a time, holding every decision up to him in prayer.

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The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.

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Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown..

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And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.

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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

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How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.

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Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.

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There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.

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And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.

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When we are on the beach we only see a small part of the ocean. However, we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. We only see a small part of God's great love, a few jewels of His great riches, but we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. The best is yet to come, when we see Jesus face-to-face.

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There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety - let us pray that we may always know it!

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This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

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Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one's own secret sin didn't matter.

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When God forgives He forgets. He buries our sins in the sea and puts a sign on the bank saying, 'No Fishing Allowed.'

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To pray only when in peril is to use safety belts only in heavy traffic.

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