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" We want our marriage to be a triumph, not a tragedy. "

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" One of the things I love most about being at home is that I'm comfortable there. And since we are the home of Christ, we need to make sure He's comfortable in us. "

" We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics. "

" If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future. "

" We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can't walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem. "

" It's amazing if you just listen to people. They tell you all the time things that you can do for them, without even realizing what they're doing. I've learned to take notice of those things and if it's something that I feel God wants me to do, then I try to do that to add joy to their life. "

" Over the years, I've learned that a confident person doesn't concentrate or focus on their weaknesses - they maximize their strengths. "

" 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. "

" Giving is just one way of expressing that God has been good to you and will continue to do so through your being good to others. "

" Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut. "

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" Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire and pursuit of things, some good and not so good, can keep our minds and hearts caught up in a flurry of activity. "

" Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn't know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn't even smell like smoke. "

" 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. "

" You see, you are a spirit, you have a soul, and you live in a body. You have emotions, you have thoughts, you have a will, and you have a conscience. You are a complex being! And Jesus came to heal every single part of you. There's not one part that He doesn't want to make completely whole. "

" I've taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God. "

" God doesn't do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it's not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm. "

" Nobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it's coming, a common response is, 'Oh no! Not again!' "

" Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try. "

" Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense. "

" Even though God loves us, we still have a problem: sin. It's important for us to learn how to confront sin and overcome it, because while God loves sinners, He hates sin. And He hates it because of what it does to us and how it keeps us from the abundant life Jesus died to give us. "

" Know that as a Christian, your destiny is to be Christlike in all of your ways. "

" As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution. "

" A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma. "

" It's certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire. "

" Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things. "

" Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless. "

" Things in themselves have no life in them. A car can't comfort or encourage you. A house means nothing if there's no life and love inside. "

" If you're not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your 'today.' The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that's yours in Christ. Don't let it go. "

" Real life is the life that's in you, not your circumstances, like where you live or what job you have or who you're in relationship with. "

" 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. "

" We all get weary sometimes, and we tend to think that life is what makes us weary. "