"You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing." - Mikhail Baryshnikov
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"Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God; & so there's no room left for worry thoughts." - Howard Chandler Christy
"Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence." - Alan Wilson Watts
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." - Maria Robinson
"Infuse heart, soul, spirit, and passion; because talent is not enough.. If I survive my training camp, the fight's easy." - Dominick Cruz
"The presence of passion, faith, and belief in our hearts is a gift. It's on loan to our souls." - Priscilla Shirer
$100 is worth $100 no matter how dirty or crumbled it may be. Similarly, you don't lose your worth because you've been through some ordeals.
People hurt you, God will heal you. People humiliate you, God will magnify you. People judge you, God will justify you. Realize God reigns!
You're going into a season where you are about to experience breakthrough after breakthrough because what you went through didn't break you.
Your due season is coming and God is transforming your situation. God is shifting your season and taking you from overlooked to overbooked!
Blessed are those who have a Word from the Lord in the most trying seasons of life. Hold fast to it and act according to it in living faith.
Faith is that indescribable strength, secret weapon of the soul, which allows us to persevere when facts seem damning and truth unbearable.
Reading fragments of the Bible leads to lack of vision and blank shots against the enemy. Load the ammo back in your weapon against despair.
If a person chooses sin & running back to their past when things get tough, you can't change them. If they ignore God, they will ignore you.
I want my wife to be a woman of God because when things go left; I need her to find solace in Jesus, not her girls or another man.
Truth is like surgery: It hurts but it cures. Lies are like pain killers: They give instant relief, but have side effects that last forever.
Life is like a camera… Focus on what's important, capture good times, develop from negatives, & if things don't work out: Take another shot.
Good times become good memories and bad times become good lessons. Every time I'm grateful for the people that stuck with me through it all.
Everything heals. Your body heals, your heart heals, the mind heals & wounds heals. Your happiness is going to return! Bad times don't last.
Broken things could become blessed things if you let the Lord do the mending.
Stop staying in the hospital bed of life. The victim life is nothing to be proud of. Lay claim to the victor life!
Pleasure doesn't equal happiness, possessions don't satisfy, prestige can't gratify & privilege won't fulfill. God brings meaning to it all!
It's hard? Let it teach you. It's tough? Let it stretch you. It's painful? Let it purify you. It's delayed? Let it discipline you. Allow it!
Match her effort, respect her hustle, support her ambition, protect her heart, value her loyalty, uplift her soul. Love her unconditionally!
Take the strength of Samson, the wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job, the faith of Abraham, the insight of Daniel & the courage of David!
Sometimes God doesn't stop you from being thrown into the furnace because He has a point to prove to the people who threw you in.
"Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner." - Max Lucado
Father, help us to see You at work in every circumstance, no matter how difficult. May we be humbled by Your work at the cross.
Complaining about a silent God while your Bible is closed, is like complaining about not getting texts when your phone is turned off.
To faith, the word of God is His voice because it comes by hearing. Revelation operates by hearing to establish faith so that we can change.
Too often we spend all of our time seeking God for answers to our problems when what we should be doing is just seeking God.
"God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls, and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you too."
One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can't change. It's time to spring forward.
Everything changes & ends. Things don't always plan out. Life isn't always fair. Pain is part of life. We are not loving/loyal all the time.
Dating w/o the intention of being married is like going to the store w/o money. You'll leave unsatisfied or take something that isn't yours.
Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the same horizon.
Some people don't want to be fixed because being broken gets them attention. Only God can hug your hurt and love you during your loneliness.
God can be dreadful when purging our weaknesses, but gentle when hope is lost. Expect firm discipline of the Father & warm embrace of Jesus.
Our maker's method is not replacement but renewal. He rebuilds the beauty in US. He polishes potential for US. All He has made He makes new.
"A gracious word may soothe the way, a joyous word may light the day. A timely word may lessen stress, a loving word may heal and bless."
"Passion makes life interesting: Ignites our soul, fuels our love, carries our friendships, stimulates our intellect and pushes our limits."
"Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. The future is as bright as the promises of God." - William Carney
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins. - Matthew 1:21
"Time is something that cannot be bought, it cannot be wagered with God, and it is not in endless supply." - Craig Graham Sager, Sr.
♪ Star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright. Westward leading still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light. Rejoice! ♫
♪ Lonely nights I laid awake. Pray to Lord, my soul to take ~ my heart's become too cold to break. Know I'm great, but I'm broke as hell. ♫
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anaïs Nin
Feelings exist in & of themselves, but when you're not used to them; having an emotion you can't tie to a concrete event can be frightening.
"We must all suffer from one of two: Pain of discipline or pain of regret. Difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
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