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" Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully. "
Joyce Meyer
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Thoughts
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" I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you're a Christian you've got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It's no wonder that Christianity is not very attractive. I mean, how many people do you know in a Western culture that's going to go, 'Yeah, give me some of that?' "
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" Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don't give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have. "
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" We want our marriage to be a triumph, not a tragedy. "
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" Over the years I've learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life. "
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" I've been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn't feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere. "
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Time
Progress
" Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live. "
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" I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads. "
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" Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is 'not complex or complicated; sincere.' "
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Complicated
Complex
" I'm amazed sometimes by the Christians who don't really believe that God wants to help them and bless them. "
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Bless
" Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say. "
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They Say
Down
" Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had. "
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You
Bad
" Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word. "
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Right
Need
" I was in a terrible mess in my childhood. "
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Terrible
Mess
" Dread, which is closely related to fear, steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. It keeps them from looking forward to the next day, the next month, or the next decade. "
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Looking
Life
People
" Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free. "
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Courage
Help
People
" I've learned through my own relationship with God that He's not expecting me to be perfect; He wants me to do my best to be in His will and take steps of faith as He leads me, through His Word and the promptings He speaks to my heart. "
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Best
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" Now, we can't stop the devil from coming against us, but we can overcome him each time - if we exercise the authority of Jesus and decide not to put up with him. "
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Exercise
Time
Stop
" Start your week off right by getting back to what is really important - honoring God. "
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Start
Back
God
" You don't have to be like everybody else or do things like everybody else. God created you to be a unique individual, and He wants you to be free to be who He made you to be. "
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Free
You
Unique
" The day we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior is one of the greatest days of our lives. Not only are our sins washed away, but God puts His Spirit inside of us and gives us new desires. "
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Us
Spirit
" To compromise simply means that you go a tiny bit below what you know is right. "
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" If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity. "
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Time
People
" I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us. "
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God
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" There are people in the world who aren't necessarily Christians, but they're just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people. "
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" If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves! "
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Live
Life
" Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it. "
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You
Sometimes
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" The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror! "
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Adversity
Need
Fearless
" I believe that everyone experiences depression to some degree at some time in their lives. And there are probably millions of people who live with a low level of sadness and heaviness day in and day out. "
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Live
People
Time
" It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God's will. "
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Effort
Best
God
" It's true my father abused me and didn't love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me. "
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Father
End
God