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Find God's Power In Little Thoughts For The Tough Times
Mini Wisdom Minute Archive When
our strategies fail, when we need to take a different approach, we need to be
aggressive and quickly change strategies according to the Lord's will. God
works in and around the unseen. We
determine or choose what happens to us in eternity by whether we accept Christ
as Savior and Lord of our life. An
unselfish person always looks out for others. We
receive messages from God in many ways. Every godly success, every godly joy,
and every godly memory contains a message from God. ● The
darkness is from Satan, the Light is from Christ. When
your heart is breaking, help heal the hurt of someone else. The
more we hope, the more the Light has a chance to burn and fuel us onward. In
Jesus, we can and do believe. In
every adversity, to find and keep hope within us, we need to keep our heart in
tact and alive. ● As
little and insignificant as we sometimes think we are, we are not little nor
insignificant to God. Dollars,
houses, cars, and clothes are meaningless in the higher realms where God lives. When
people have run out of hope because of their suffering, the idea of God's
unfailing love can be mumbo jumbo. Being
a winner in life does not happen by accident. We are a winner because we choose
to win. Even
on dismal and cloudy days, the light of the Lord's Son and sun still shines
above the clouds. ● You
are never by yourself in life unless you have turned away from God. To
win out over the many daily obstacles we face, we must think ahead about the
strategies we will use and how we will use them. Of
course, if we do not have faith in God, we do not want to hear there is a
connection between faith in God and what happens to us in our life. If
you hold the belief you can deal with circumstances so victory is assured, no
matter what you face, victory is assured. In
the uncontrollable and unknowable circumstances of life, faith is the answer,
faith is the hope, and faith is the future. ● Hope
is the perfect gift for the heretic or the believer. Hope
is the perfect gift for the multi-billionaire or the homeless. When
we take an action adding to the hope and Light of God burning within others, we
have not just overcome the darkness. We have defeated the darkness and achieved
ultimate victory in the life of others. When
the darkness of death comes, instead of being a passive victim, point your will
in the direction of eternal life through Christ. There
are many power-seeking, ego-driven people (inside and outside of the church).
These people want to set up a criteria to measure how much of the Holy Spirit,
indwelling or not indwelling, is working in a person's life. Foolishness! We
have always held up the belief anyone can overcome anything, or at least chip
away at anything until anything is nothing more than gravel. ● When
your thoughts are based in fear, anger, pain, or lust, your thoughts expand in
the wrong direction. Meditation
upon Christ is to be regarded as an exercise for the betterment of your life. Responding
with panic to the darkness in our life produces the same result as giving in to
fear. With
a lack of faith there is great hesitation to act. Satan
tries to interfere with our prayer life, our Christian relationships, our moving
about in our day to day activities, and in our family life. ● Many
of us have too little patience. Some
of us have had many unseen advantages keeping us safe and alive in God's love
and grace. We
live in a throw-a-way world. To
deal with your pain, you can work around the edges of your pain. During
meditation you must be so good at observing your heart, mind, soul, body, and
surroundings you must be the world's expert and keenest observer of your own
mind and body. ● Just
knowing the facts about what we experience in a crisis is a huge advantage. We
know in our faith God has prepared a place for us in Heaven where we will not
suffer or experience any kind of pain. Even
in a worldly way of looking at the world, the world has gone mad. You
must demand control over every trial regardless of the adversity. Be
kind to and love the child within you. ● Christ
was smitten and took suffering upon the Cross so you could be victorious against
suffering. The
Light power of Jesus brings healing and wholeness. In
a time of adversity, the charted course of God is the course keeping us on track
and headed in the right direction. God
will not turn you into a robot without a will of your own. The
darkness is hopelessness. The Light of Christ is hopefulness. In His light, we
have great potential for being good, kind, forgiving, and loving. ● If
you plan ahead extensively enough, when things begin to unravel you will have a
plan in place. When
we embrace Christ's spirit, we wrap our arms around the outpouring love of
Christ. His love pours over us as we give away, by any means possible, the love
He pours over us. The
idea of your having a chance at a new life, especially a chance at a new life
when you have grown old and helpless, is extraordinary and extravagant. However,
all things are possible with God. A
child who does not know what the parent wants or expects will likely follow a
path other than what the parent wants or expects. In
order to build and maintain healthy relationships, we need to know what others
want and expect. ● Those
activities Christ blesses are the activities giving you the greatest inner
rewards. Darkness,
pain, and trouble make you feel isolated. Christ's love takes away your
isolation. In
the presence of God, speak to your pain and let your pain know where you stand
in God's love and grace. You
can befriend your pain, work with it, listen to it, and honor it. Quite often,
exerting this control over your pain makes the pain go away or bearable. If
others are a part of your adversity picture, remember you cannot take charge of
others. You must let others live with their own problems. ● There
was no free lunch in this life for Christ. There is no free lunch in this life
for any of us. The
dark power brings us all kinds of pain, problems, suffering, and failure. The
power of Light can bring us comfort, solutions, and success. In
suffering, we begin to lose sight of how much God truly loves us. Because
the world changes so rapidly, we get farther and farther behind in coming up to
speed on new developments. God is not a new development. We
live our life from the inside out. ● We
kill our doubt and keep our hope alive by understanding…with God all things
are possible, all the time, for every person. We understand all things become
certain beyond our last moment on earth. The
point of having hope in life is to always have a better life regardless of how
long your life might be. The greatest grandest hope on earth is realized in the
fullness of life eternal. To
build the Like
the wind, the will of God is a power and a force you can use. To use the power
of God, build a windmill in your mind and heart. The
reason so many people feel helpless in the face of adversity is because they run
out of hope. ● If
you want to change your life, resolving not to be like someone else is not
enough. For
change to take place in your life, sooner or later talk must end and action must
begin. What
good is faith if faith doesn't change someone's life? The
sports team that loses hope becomes a loser. Do
not try to use your words as a weapon. Use your words only as an instrument of
love, caring, kindness, and forgiveness. ● When
people love in gratitude, they love others and the things of life because they
count others and things as blessings. In
the worldly way of looking at how the world makes sense, the world does not
really make sense. If
you do not want to know anything about another person, they will know you do not
want to know them. Then they will ignore you and discount you thereby negating
any influence you may have over them. Each
of us can be an agent for social change in our world. Establish
positive expectations within your heart and communicate these positive
expectations to others. ● Because
of what Jesus did, you do not have to bear your burdens alone. We
must make every effort to grow in wisdom and in truth. In
the new age of Christ, a new kind of power is upon the earth…a power called
Christian love. The
purpose of meditation is the awareness of thoughts and feelings. Everything
you are and everything you own must belong to Christ and to Him only. ● Life
issues may try to destroy you but God loves you and wants to protect you. Do
you believe the best or the worst? Do you want to act on your fears or your
hopes? Your attitude of hope is an attitude standing in direct contrast to an
attitude of despair. When
you trust or hope in God, you get something extra, like getting an extra amount
of spiritual fuel out of every circumstance. If
winning and losing makes us destructive, we lose whether we have won or lost. In
suffering, we must reach out to others to help them. ● Your
hope is underpinned by the road map you draw. When you follow your map your hope
becomes reality. To
align your mind and body you must tune into each one. Adversity
brings disorientation. Faith in God brings re-orientation. Caring
about others shows others God is bigger than problems. Hands
and feet have no power of thought on their own. Action from thinking pushes your
hands and feet to do as you direct. ● One
might think every person on earth would want to follow God's rules. This is not
the case. However, you can follow the rules. When
you give hope, you show others another person cares for them and cares about
them. You
achieve for God when you can see ahead in faith. You
never fully understand your real worth is in how God sees you. God sees you as a
creature fallen but so redeemable God sent His only Son to redeem you and
restore you. In
all the tough times of life, God gives you the ability to look up and envision a
better day as you embrace His promise. ● Meditation
is accomplished more by actual practice than by any other means. In
making lifestyle changes, you can either be God centered or self-centered. When
you meditate, use a focus verse of a few words. In
a quiet moment with our Lord, you can change how we feel toward yourself. When
all seems lost, the element of desire coupled with expectation can lead to your
touching the hand of God. ● A
sports team with hope is a winner regardless of the score. A sports team without
hope is a loser before the game begins. When
circumstances of life take charge of us, our hope vanishes, thus setting up an
endless cycle of hopelessness and lack of self-control. Our
will, exercised in the direction of God, produces good results. Some
people will travel the same circular path day after day without improving. They
will end up in the same place in the days, weeks, and years ahead. As
Christians, we can look over the horizon knowing the paradise of God waits to
receive us. ● If
we let the love we can experience at Christmas touch our soul, we can find
healing for the rest of the year. The
healing love we experience at Christmas need not end on Christmas night. Christ
came into the world to be with people who are buried under an avalanche of pain
and problems. The
healing love we feel at Christmas can last throughout the year. If
we face the painful truth Christmas does not matter to us, we can then begin to
see how Christmas can matter, even in the worst of times. Illness,
loss, changes in life, finances, and for many other reasons, the meaning of
Christmas gets buried under the avalanche of life's problems. When this happens
to you, visit His manger. ● Faith
is necessary to deal with the unknown, because faith makes the unknown, known. Take
charge of what you can because you cannot take charge of an obstacle over which
you have no control. Wisdom
in life often does not come cheap or without pain. Bad
things happen to people not because God wants bad things to happen, but because
Satan makes bad things happen. When
we believe our life is controlled by God we end up wanting to love God to get
Him to give us what we want instead of loving Him for who He is. ● Christmas
is a time when the hurts of life can become even more pronounced. However, we
have a healing savior who was born to us on Christmas day. Visit
the manger scene and see Him wiggling His little fingers and moving His little
feet. If
Christmas does not matter to you, then hold the baby Jesus for a long, long
time. When
Christmas does not matter, we must realize Christ came into the world for people
who are living at a time in their life when Christmas does not matter. Christian
faith = Christmas giving all year round. ● The
inevitable question must be asked, "If Christ bore my sorrows, then why do
I still have them?" The answer: In this life, there is tribulation but in
Christ we live in victory forever. Although
every corner of your life might seem to be dark because of your suffering, the
Light of Christ penetrates every darkness, no matter how deep. As
invisible as we often think we are, as unnoticed as we consider ourselves to be,
we are not invisible and unnoticed to God. In
spite of the source of our suffering, we must live now, see the future, and work
to live. God's
blessings pour out upon those who follow His rules. ● Everyone
must deal with the power of darkness or the darkness will deal with them. In
adversity, you either lead or you follow. When
we face a morality and ethics question and we sit in indecision, we may sit in
indecision because we really DO KNOW the answer to our question while we do not
want to face the answer. If
you don't want to follow the rules or to obey God, the Spirit will not follow
you or be made real to you. The
dark powers of the world can be overcome with the love of Jesus. ● The
measures we use to measure our life are not the measures God uses. The
healing journey is long, arduous, and often very hard work made easier by
forgiveness. Accepting
and loving the person God made you to be is a giant step toward healing. If
we do not think ahead enough to protect ourselves for God's glory, we have not
appropriately used what God gave us. The
more we give thanks, the more rewarding our life becomes. ● Because
we die, our earthly hope for an eternal earthly life becomes no more. However,
because Christ was born, we have hope eternal. In
the darkness of a cave where animals were kept, the baby Jesus brought the
blessings of eternal life. In
the darkness of a cave where animals were kept, the baby Jesus brought the
blessings of hope. In
the darkness of a cave where animals were kept, the baby Jesus brought the
blessings of eternal life in heaven. The
love of Christmas can heal if we let the love of God, in the form of His new
born Son, touch our life. ● We
do not control our genetic make-up but we can control how we respond to our
genetic make-up. By
doing a review of what we have learned, we tend not to forget. In
spite of the source of our suffering, we must commit ourselves to never
repeating a mistake. If
you sit down and concretely define success, what you end up with may be
something quite different than what you might be thinking of as success right
now. Some
of our problems in life are our fault. We must always take responsibility for
those problems. ● The
person who prepares in advance today for bad times in the future has a decided
advantage when bad times fall. The
darkness in your life does not want you to take charge of anything. Finding
hope and the Light go beyond traditional practices of religion. Dealing
with obstacles in life very often requires we admit what we cannot do, admit
what we need to overcome, admit our past mistakes, and admit our inadequacies. The
thankful person counts as gain even the slightest improvement of his or her lot
in life. The thankful person counts even things like the warmth of the sun, the
rain, the snow, and the wind as blessings from God. ● In
God's eyes, God can see every person is under attack just as Jesus was under
attack when He walked the earth. We
do not always understand why God does what He does or how He does what He does.
Yet, we know He loves us. Our
ultimate victory in life comes to us not when we achieve physical dominance, but
when we achieve spiritual dominance with Christ. We
must keep our eyes focused on what is ahead and remain keenly focused on our
objectives. In
acceptance, healing is a releasing of the fears causing us to love without
conditions. ● When
we accept the full magnitude of Christ's act of accepting suffering for us, we
will someday be free of suffering when we see Him face to face. We
can show God we love Him more by what we do in adversity rather showing Him love
by being only passive recipients of His blessings. When
you take in and learn the wisdom of God, everything within you changes. Especially
in adversity, the world offers us incredible opportunities for learning and
gaining wisdom. Live
every day for all it is worth. ● We
make no progress in life without taking chances. It
is best to plan ahead for a time of crisis even if a crisis does not appear on
the horizon. When
we love others unselfishly, we do not expect others to help, love, serve, or
protect us in return for our love. Your
response to adversity makes all the difference. When
we see beyond our present pain, our vision of a better day and a better future
helps us manage the moment. ● Resolving
to live right is admirable. However, resolving must be followed up by producing
a righteous life. God
is glorified when we gaze off into the future to dream of ways we can make
things better today and tomorrow. Caring
about others permits others to lead a more spiritual life. The
love of Jesus heals the wounds left by unforgiving parents. What
is most important is we are willing to go to where God is rather than asking God
to come to be where we are. ● In
your spiritual arsenal, you have mental weapons and spiritual weapons. It
is not productive to give up after the first few attempts. It
is not productive to give up when setbacks occur. Persistence
pay's off only when we are persistent and keep at the task at hand. Suffering
can wring you out if you are willing to let suffering do whatever suffering
wants to do with you. You decide. ● When
we love a person for what we can get out of him or her, we usually end up
disappointed and hurt because the other person eventually turns away when he or
she gets tired of being used. The
opposite of knowing what others want and expect is ignorance. Ignorance in
relationships brings the opposite of bliss. The
road of Christ is narrow, hard, difficult, and may be without reward until you
see Him face to face. Real
faith in the Light of God's tender care results in a positive expectation so
strong even impossible expectations can become actual events. To
heal ourselves and heal others we must accept responsibility for our weaknesses.
Ultimate spiritual strength completely heals. ● Without
a strong relationship with God, a personal issue can eat away at us and rob us
of our faith, take away our ability to believe, take away our ability to trust,
and temporarily destroy our ability to heal. However, every person can have a
strong faith in God. Catastrophic
illness, life changing disability, hurtful memories from the past, painful
experiences in the past, or obstacles in the present, can mean death or a life
of low quality. However, we have Christ who is the Great Healer. In
many cases we can adjust to and work around our adversities. We
can change our opinion about ourselves. Mental
emancipation or mental freedom is your ability to create a free mental life of
your own. ● Too
many people throw away the parts of their life they need to treasure most. You
cannot force yourself to grow physically, spiritually, or emotionally. Growing
is a natural process ordered by God with your willful consent. Christ
makes death become the eternal and ultimate light. When
we say the name "Jesus" in reverence and awe, we are saying "The
power of Light and love become real within me." The
darkness is the deepest pit of hopelessness. The light of Christ is the pinnacle
of hopefulness. ● When
our faith switch is in the ON position, we get a little glimpse of God, a tiny
spark of His love, a tiny microscopic inkling of His healing in action. The
goal or hope of every person must also be tied to living each minute in God's
presence. Unless
we renounce our darkness or sin, we carry our darkness or sin with us. Our
darkness or sin prevents us from reaching the Light. If
you have guilt today over what you did yesterday, your guilt today means you
have grown up enough to see your mistakes. Giving
acceptance means loving another without expecting anything in return. ● Moving
forward or making progress, by its very nature, means we are always moving into
uncharted water. None
of us can predict with certainty or genuine accuracy what lies just ahead. None
of us knows what the future holds, but we have faith Christ is always with us. To
make progress, we must put our fear of failure aside. We must make plans and
execute our plans with vigor and enthusiasm. In
truth, we cannot make progress without the risk of failure. ● We
may not meet the expectations we hold for ourselves. However, not meeting our
expectations of ourselves does not mean we are condemned for missing the mark. Lack
of hope generates sinful runaway desires and hungers. Plan
ahead. During a crisis, it is incredibly difficult to plan, to make decisions,
and to sort through much of what we have to confront at the time of the event. To
receive Christ's gift of salvation, we must give up on the idea we can gain
eternity merely by trying to be a good person. If
we let them, adversities and afflictions will diminish our moments. However, we
have a choice. ● Happiness,
peace, contentment, and love are found only on the spiritual path or
"living in the spirit". Your
inner voice lies to you when your inner voice tells you there is no healing. We
must always communicate to others we hear them, understand them, and accept
them. Real
hope is the result of what we really, truly believe is possible and what we
expect to have in the future with a plan to get to the future. The
talents and traits God has given you can be an indicator of His will for your
life. ● We
find in Christ's suffering and death on the cross, a picture of our own
isolation, pain, brokenness, suffering, and separation from God. Even
when penalties are set for breaking a rule or law, people will still break the
rule or law. Miracles
happen today just like they happened in the time of Christ. Just because you do
not see the miracle happening does not mean the miracle did not happen. The same
miracle power is at work today as it was in Christ's life. The
Holy Spirit cannot be bought with money, acquired by works, gained by acting
right, acquired by doing handstands, or possessed as a result of any kind of
human performance. If
we do not have expectations in the form of ideas, pictures, or images of the
future, we will not move forward. ● If
your mind becomes morally sick, your body will likely follow and also become
sick. When
reminders come up to remind us of a past hurt or past wrong, we must, at that
very moment, seek God's help to forgive. Faith
gives us confidence God will act and do His will through us. As
a Christian, in a Christian context, when others find out you really do want to
help them get what they want, they will regard you with esteem and value. Without
the fuel of hope, overcoming the fatigue put upon us by our adversities seems
impossible. ● There
is suffering in this life but there is only joy in the life to come. Jesus
conquered death by this power of love for you. By
choice, we can extend and maximize our productivity, achievement, success, and
well-being into the future. Although
we can go through real disasters of darkness in our life, we have seen Christ
who is the Light of the world. By
negating the existence of your spirit, heart, and mind, you give up control over
your circumstances. Instead
of putting our burdens upon others, in Christ we must help others even when we
need help ourselves. ● A
life view without hope is pessimistic and unrealistic. A life view without
Christ is a life view with false hope or no hope at all. The
point of living is to always strive for a better life regardless of how much
darkness and adversity you face. When
discussing chronic illness, the issue of giving people false hope is often
raised because people do not want to meet with disappointment. If
we could see into the hearts of all the people around us, we would be appalled
at how much others need us to love them and care about them in Christ's name. If
the mind and spirit creates health problems, the mind and spirit under the power
of the Holy Spirit can also create health solutions. ● When
we do not take chances and we shrink back from moving forward, we make no
progress. Winning
means showing people you really care about them with warmth and understanding. Winning
means you become and remain the best person God could ever have you be, in the
face of what the darkness tries to do to you. When
we are immersed in a crisis, all the old threads tying us to each other are cut
off. We feel helpless, hopeless, and as if we have no "lifeline" to
anchor us down. Christ is our anchor. Christ is our Rock. Rather
than admit we do not really know why we do not get what we pray for, we invent
answers. ● We
always need a goal before us because we refer to losing our goal after we have
achieved success as a "letdown." Some
people charge ahead in adversity and these people are the eventual winners when
bad things happen. When
we distrust, we prevent the Holy Spirit from working in our life and in the life
of those we pray for each day. If
we expect nothing we get nothing. When
we criticize, judge, label, or condemn others, we put a stain upon our heart. ● You
cannot really run away from what you carry inside of you. You can do an inner
housecleaning with Christ Jesus working next to you to make all things right. We
find in God a hope so great the hope extends into eternity. You
may never have the miracle you want to have in this life but the next life will
be one continuous miracle. When
you come to understand God's true nature is one of love, then the sending of His
son, Jesus Christ, to die for you takes on a life changing meaning, especially
in your times of suffering. Every
action we take produces some kind of result. Our choice of action determines the
result we produce. ● You
may never be able to make the physical limitations and circumstances of your
life go away. However, you can control your mind and heart in spite of any
limitation. The
unemployment circumstance, the divorce circumstance, the disability
circumstance, the grief and loss circumstance, the depression circumstance, the
"you-name-it" circumstance can determine who you are, how you live,
and whether you have hope for the future…only if you allow these circumstances
to rule over you. Meditation
upon the soaring possibilities of life in the here and now or meditation upon
life in the hereafter is to be done in private and should not done for show. No
matter whether you make large or small lifestyle changes, commitment is
necessary to change. When
you live with heaven in your heart and soul you are making contact with God.
When you make contact with God you have finally discovered the secret to all
blessings, power, and life in abundance. ● Looking
forward is the essence of hope. For
Christians, Christ is our defender against the darkness. To
take charge, you must also be able to see your circumstances as well as knowing
the facts. Expecting
God to deliver what we want as a result of our faith is a selfish faith. Caring
puts God's cause and effect into place. ● When
God's love became real in the form of Christ, we did not have to just believe
God loved us, we knew God loved us. We
cannot be touched by God until we give our sin to Christ. When
we share God's power the power we share is multiplied. His power then comes back
to us many times over. We
can determine our future, (1) by knowing what we want, (2) by expecting to
receive what we want, (3) by building our own road map to get to the persons,
places, times, and situations we want. We
achieve mental emancipation by remembering the actions of others must not
determine our well-being. ● Even
in the middle of the pain, we can still overcome when we have hope. In
our life we need courage to act when there is no earthly possibility of a good
outcome. When
happiness fills our mind, then our body will respond because our body has been
immersed in happiness. When
we defeat our inner opponent, we are assured of winning out over every
circumstance. Figuring
things out in life can be incredibly simple when we draw a life map. ● Our
major weapon against suffering is giving thanks for God's blessings. The
purpose of satanic darkness is to push you down, to crush you, and to destroy
you in body, mind, soul, and spirit. How will you respond? When
Jesus uses the word "ask," Jesus means opening all of your being to
His love. Your
issue from the darkness will beg you and plead with you to stay around. Our
ultimate victory in Christ is achieved as we leave this earth. ● Each
of our major steps on our to-do list should be broken down into a smaller to-do
list. When you conquer the moment, you conquer the hour. When
hopelessness comes, instead of being a passive victim, point your will in the
direction of God's unending hope. In
suffering, we have the opportunity to seek peace, love, and hope. When
things go bad, when everything comes unglued, when we are facing incredible
adversity…our adversity can make it seem as if we are sitting in darkness. If
you do not do the right thing and you make a mistake, then own up, apologize,
and do not repeat the mistake again. ● If
you don't clear up a matter now, later may be too late. If
you go beyond just Christian talk and start doing the walk, in God, all things
are possible. When
you decide to make changes…make your resolution, construct your goals, and
then act. When
the pinnacle of our earthly life is reached, our earthly hope is gone, even as
we celebrate our success. However, we have a greater hope. His name is Jesus. We
can easily slip into a state of constant depression and darkness without a hope
for tomorrow. ● To
be productive beyond reason, we cannot spend our time trying to do or not do
things in the future because we can only do or not do things in the present. One
of the greatest sources of common sense is God's Holy Word. On
the surface, it may seem many Christians are no better off than non-Christians.
However, we must look beneath the surface to see the wealth. When
we encounter adversity, one of our mechanisms for protecting our inner core is
denial. Knowing about denial can help us accept the truth. One
of the most important decisions you can ever make in life is to refuse to let
the darkness "take over" when adversity strikes. ● To
overcome and defeat loneliness, we must turn our attention away from our own
pain. We must turn our spirit toward God and toward others. The
gift of hope is never returned because the gift of hope always fits. We
reach people by listening to them rather than lecturing them. Defense
mechanisms help us deal with personal qualities or motives which lower our
self-esteem and heighten our anxiety. When
we pray, we can feel and experience His love and forgiveness inside our heart. ● Our
struggle is to use our faith powers against the dark powers seeking to destroy
us. Hope
can always come alive when we picture the future. A
disaster or trauma is a sudden and great misfortune, a calamity, a catastrophe,
or a time of great grief or sorrow. Call upon Christ Jesus in disasters or
traumas. We
cannot fully understand the infinite joy, infinite peace, infinite happiness,
and infinite love waiting for us on the other shore. Promise
yourself to lose yourself in the pursuit of godly excellence. ● If
you do not know who you are, your life issues can put a grip upon you thus
making you a slave. One
of the essential questions of your life is not whether you may have an issue,
but how well you will deal with the issue. We
give away love by being in a state of harmony, resonance, and wavelength with
the source of love…God Almighty. When
you turn to God when all seems lost, God hears you and gives you an answer, but
you are not always answered in a way you want or understand. Your
relationship with God should be based upon faith and trust. ● Our
life is filled with small positives. However, when we are in a negative frame of
mind, we too often do not look for the small positives, let alone see them. Positive
circumstances not only require no fixing, but positive circumstances can also be
used to overcome negative matters, issues, and events. You
cannot build upon a negative circumstance as easily as you can build upon a
positive circumstance. Your
negatives are like liabilities. Your
positives are like assets. ● In
real life, a positive expectation of future events comes about by having a sense
of security and confidence in a future event. When
we finally ascend to Heaven, we will be fully and completely healed by Christ's
stripes. If
you have no hope, you may never be disappointed, but the cost of living with no
hope is devastating. If
we think of winning as winning a prize without much of an effort on our part, we
end up being losers because we have not put forth much effort. To
have healing take place, expect the love of Jesus to begin the healing process. ● Even
if we know where we want to go, we still need to know how far away we are from
our destination. One
of our most productive activities is to establish a measure of progress in all
we do. If
we think of victory as conquering another person, we end up losing in the end.
We lose because we are supposed to empower others rather than conquer them. In
adversity, to achieve all there is to achieve, we need to use our feelings, our
intuition, our intelligence, and our will. To
learn more about how you can help yourself is the greatest learning activity of
your life. ● Christ
came to help us, to comfort us, and to give us the power to overcome our
obstacles in His eternal plan. There
are no conditions attached to God's unconditional love. We
cannot will ourselves to experience God's unconditional love. No
matter who you are, the more you know, the more likely you will be able to solve
new problems and find new opportunities. The
infinity of the Light is all the satanic darkness could never be. Satanic
darkness is the absence of all the Light could ever be. ● Because
you may never live to see all the effects of what you do or how you live, live
each moment under God's laws. God
does not let you lean on Him to escape your responsibilities or escape from
doing His will, without your paying a steep penalty. The
darkness in us takes us to the point of trying to use God and use people rather
than worshipping Him and respecting others. Living
in the spirit of unconditional love may not change one iota of your outer life
or your outer circumstances. However, living in a spirit of unconditional love
can change everything in your inner life. As
long as our bodies are alive, we are called to extend the unconditional love of
God to others. ● Our
struggle against suffering, and our journey to find healing, is by faith. If
you act helpless enough, someone may come and take over for you. Then you will
have no life. To
have integrity requires an inner strength found only in God. Once
we have acquired the necessary basic knowledge in a small unique specialty, we
can begin to expand that foundational knowledge base by adding similar
specialties connected to our base. Christ
will forgive each of us our trespasses if we will just ask Him as we turn away
from our sin. ● Without
a strong relationship with God, a personal issue can eat away at us and rob us
of our faith. Lack of faith takes away our ability to believe. Lack of faith
takes away our ability to trust. Lack of faith destroys our ability to heal. You
are lied to by your inner voice when your inner voice tells you there is no
healing available to you. A
farmer does not know what kind of harvest he will have at harvest time but the
farmer has faith as he plants in the spring. The
positive view of Christ embraces the positive possibilities of life. We
can change our inner life when we calm our minds in meditation. ● Instead
of predicting our doom, we can choose to think or consider our future in the
positive light of Christ's hope. To
be able to turn an adversity into something positive you must have a mindset to
find some kind of positive attribute. Suffering
can be no excuse for doing the job God has for you to do. The
Instead
of blaming God for adversity and asking, "Why me?" we must ask,
"To what end?" Illness, disability, and misfortune are an opportunity
to show Christ's power. ● The
quality of our life is defined by how we use the years God has given us. To
let the Holy Spirit work within our thought processes we must invite the Holy
Spirit into our life, into our thoughts, and into our ability to reason and
think. Our
present base of knowledge or what we know, along with our skills, abilities, and
wisdom, is our most vital resource. In
charting our course into the future, we must take into account real
probabilities of events. When
you look inside believing people, you see a shining Light penetrating the
darkness within them. ● As
twisted as the logic may appear to be, someway, somehow, we are to use every
adversity to glorify God. Living
in the spirit of unconditional love may not change one iota of your outer life
or your outer circumstances. If
you have no way of measuring how far you have walked, you also have no way of
telling how far you have to go. Accepting
and loving yourself is a giant step toward healing. To
reach out to others, we must reach out to them and not slither like a snake. ● The
pinnacle of suffering is when we let ourselves become a new creation through the
process of redemption. A
person who needs to fight traffic jams every day should prepare for the adverse
traffic by leaving at an appropriate time. Preparation is critical to survive
the crisis to come. Our
problems and pains of life demand our attention. During our problems and pains
we must consciously direct our life to Christ. Holding
on to hope against all odds is hard. Giving up, losing your faith, and not
believing is easier. Do the hard thing. With
a lifestyle excluding God, we lose control of our life, lose all Light and hope,
then find ourselves devastated without knowing why. ● In
our faith, we know and believe the rain of adversity falls on the just and the
unjust. What is most important is the umbrella of faith we use. Your
faith and God's wisdom in love determine the answer you get to the prayers you
pray. We
do not know why we do not get what we pray for. We rest in faith God knows best. When
God's love became real on earth in human form at the birth of Jesus, all of us
could know, with utmost certainty, there is a God who loves us. Christ's
compassion gives you patience in your hour of need. ● At
any age, in any condition, we always need a goal in life. We
win out in life when we charge ahead of our adversity. Trusting
in God permits Him to work in ways we cannot fathom. If
we expect nothing from God He may give us nothing. When
we criticize or find fault with others we put a black mark upon our heart. ● We
are filled with hope because through His stripes, we are given the power to be
absolutely healed. Jesus
suffered on our behalf, so we can win with an end to our suffering in Heaven
where there is never any suffering or pain. In
adversity, when you try to take charge of what you consider to be the unknown,
there can be a risk, often a huge risk. However, because you have taken charge,
you can take the risk. To
improve yourself, live under the power of God's love by pushing through your
adversities. Because
of how they feel about themselves, persons with a weak self-image can burn with
resentment toward others. ● When
you find spiritual healing, you will have the desire to achieve more. Tue Hope
and Light in Christ come from another dimension within our existence. Wed We
are deceived when we believe we have circumstances in our life rendering us
helpless against our opponent. Thur Without
Christ living and alive within us, the pinnacle moments of our life can result
in the evaporation of our hope as we celebrate our achievement. Persons
are deceived when doubt, skepticism, and physical pain destroy the bridge
between the physical and the spiritual. ● Never
let your uncertainty about tomorrow deter you from pushing ahead. Just
because you fail one time or you fail several times does not mean you will fail
again. No matter how many times you fail, try and try again. You
must live for Christ and not for yourself. In
heaven, there are no more unanswered questions. When
you love others with an unselfish heart, you will always help them, always
accept them, always serve them, and always protect them for unselfish reasons. ● Developing
day to day opportunities within our life leads to personal success. Although
you may not deserve to have adversity put upon you, Jesus took adversity upon
himself to bring you wholeness and healing in the face of every adversity. To
break the grip of sin and sin's greediness, turn away from the sin, turn to
Christ dying for you on the cross, and kneel down before Him in holy sorrow as
you give up all you are to Him. The
birth of Christ set in motion what cannot be done in the physical realms…the
attainment of eternal life. When
you give hope to others as a form of love, you help others prepare themselves
for the future. ● In
love, Jesus took suffering upon Himself so you would be healed for eternity. In
this life, there is no easy out but a glorious eternity waiting. Jesus
feels the same pain and isolation in His heart you feel in your times of
darkness. Jesus
took your suffering upon Himself because He loves you. Jesus
took your adversity to the cross so there would come a time when you would have
adversity no more. ● Although
we are fallen and covered over in sinful darkness, God looks through our
darkness. He accepts us, loves us, and treasures us as His very own. Happiness
has nothing to do with the state of someone's life, health, finances, or any of
the circumstances in which a person lives. Happiness has to do with our level of
gratitude and thanksgiving. The
human factor, human feelings getting hurt or ignored, human ideas getting pushed
aside, and human mistakes made in selfishness cause many of our problems. In
acceptance, love becomes a physiological reality and may cure illness. Jesus
is your friend. He loves you in countless ways. ● The
pain of loneliness can be totally erased when we run toward the presence of
God's love and grace. Each
and every day, in your present misery is the reality there is always a better
tomorrow. Our
relationship with God should in part be based upon our reaching out for a closer
walk with Him. When
we pray we must also reach out in love. The
Light of Christ can illuminate every moment of our darkness. ● When
you give hope, you show others there is no end in sight within the heavenly
realms of love. In
our disappointment over what we see as defeat, unfortunately we can turn selfish
and tune God out. The
Holy Spirit is the instrument through whom God and Christ speaks to us, moves
us, and inspires us. The
love of God heals, sets men and women free, leads them out of the domination of
the darkness, and into the Light of His love. Assuming
the best possible outcome in any adversity represents a true hope there is
always a best possible outcome. ● God
is our supplier of courage. He knows we need courage to travel on paths we have
not trod before. Sometimes
we need courage to yield everything to God when we want to keep everything to
ourselves. Because
external hope is tied to persons, places, things, or situations outside of your
being, external hope can vanish in an instant when adversity and darkness
strike. We
can only reach God by renouncing our darkness or sin. When
you are selfish and filled with your ego, you think only of yourself instead of
others. Eventually, you crumble under the weight of carrying the consequences of
your selfishness. ● Some
of us have not had the advantages of safety and security. For us, we must build
a safety and security net. To
win out over adversity, measure each day by your emotional, spiritual, and
mental accomplishments, not by how you physically feel. It
is critically important to focus on growing and getting better no matter what
your circumstances might be. God's
fuel of hope in love keeps us going in spite of enormous difficulties and
adversities. If
we seek, ask, and knock during our adversity, God will always show us the way,
give us the truth, and pour His love into us. ● We
must all strive to let our best heart, our best mind, and our best soul be the
starting point for what we do minute by minute. Try
to penetrate your pain with your attention and awareness. The
decline of marriage and the rise of live-in partners are caused by sin and a
loss of hope in marriage as a fulfilling part of life. One
of the greatest challenges in our life is to defeat the darkness or inner
opponent within us. As
we meditate, we can become aware of what is going on within us. Then we can make
a positive healthful response to what is going on within us. ● You
may not be given many good minutes, but live the few good minutes you have for
all they are worth. The
love of Jesus dries the tears in the eyes of those saddened by grief. If
we do not take care of the "doing" part of taking charge in adversity,
the adversity can worsen and take charge of us. When
you pray, you can always believe because God will always answer in His will and
in His way. The
pain of loneliness can be lessened by living in Christ's presence. ● Christ
took on your darkness as He carried your sorrows and grief to the Cross. All so
you would someday be able to cast off this life full of sorrows and grief in
exchange for His eternity. By
using your power of choice, you can always make the choice to lead rather than
to follow. The
heart, mind, and soul refusing to be mired down in one place…thirsting to
build or rebuild, will triumph. The
"zone" is a reality where we find strength and power beyond ourselves.
In the "zone" our vision of the other side of our present moment is so
strong we overcome our present obstacles. Every
person's life has, in a manner of speaking, a theme. ● We
can read about God and know about God. However, to experience Him is an activity
requiring us to be aware of Him within our soul. If
we would all be honest, persons, places, and things can be diversions from our
lack of inner peace, joy, and contentment. As
a result of Christ's presence, all of the positive influences in your life work
in a powerful way for your betterment. We
all need to let go of the horrible yardstick of perfection we carry within us. The
● Christ
did not take your suffering upon Himself because God ordered Him to do so.
Christ took your suffering upon Himself because He loves you. In
everything you do, strive to use only the best parts of yourself. You
can direct and control your spiritual power when you are in a spirit of prayer. The
way many people live today shows they may believe in God but they have no
connection to God in the present or any hope for a connection to God in the
future. To
clean up your past you must learn to forgive yourself. ● For
us not to try to win out over our earthly problems, pain, and issues is to turn
away from the Cross and ignore what Jesus did for each of us. The
words "in my name", do not mean just uttering the sounds of Christ's
name with our vocal chords. The words "in my name" mean we hear and
speak Christ's love resounding in our heart. In
most instances, we too often ignore the importance of developing and using a
strategy to achieve small goals because we may think we need no strategy to do
small and simple tasks. God
sent Jesus into the world to prove to us He loves us. We
must never be content with things as they are now. We must strive to make things
better for all the days to come. ● To
be successful…we must read only the best books, visit the best libraries, use
only the best professional persons, and access the best advice when advice is
needed. With
God's wisdom about Satan's devices and schemes, we can see every pain, every
hurt, and every heartache of the world is caused by an arrow sent into the heart
of human beings by Satan. Many
people feel greedy. In greediness, money is never enough. We
can reach the Light only by being willing to throw away the part of ourselves
the darkness has convinced us we cannot throw away. Our
greed, our lust, and our selfishness corrupt our ideas of what it means to win. ● Without
a positive belief in a positive God, we end up believing either we are at the
whim of fate or we end up believing we walk under the wrath of a vengeful God. One
of the first steps in finding and having hope is to look at what is possible. We
must not live in isolation. In the life of Christ, we can see Him always
reaching out and touching others. Jesus
comes to us if we ask Him. No
matter what you think of God and no matter who you consider creates suffering,
consider suffering a personal test you can always pass. ● Your
mind can make you well or make you sick. Learning
new skills, new knowledge, and new wisdom must be approached as a race against
time because your knowledge base needs to be continually upgraded. Even
in your darkest days and times, God is always trying to influence you. The
idea or attempt at judging how much of the Holy Spirit someone has is both
ridiculous and ludicrous. When
God's love became real in Christ, our faith in God and our ideas about Him were
positively changed forever. ● God
is the great rule giver. God
smiles upon those who are righteous, holy, godly, and devout. Because
you cannot run away from yourself or God, it is better to live with His presence
from within, rather than trying to find Him in the outside secular world in. In
addition to making godly decisions and planning out your future, you need a map
guiding you into your future. We
all know the work of God in bringing the new age of Christ is not finished. We
know God's work in this world is sometimes imperfectly implemented by men and
women. ● Pictures
in our mind are power. With no picture or no idea in our mind, then we do not
have anything to look forward to. Productivity,
achievement, success, and well-being are determined by what we do with our time
right now, not yesterday, and not tomorrow. In
the darkness of our suffering…we can see our way through the darkness because
of Christ Jesus. We
too often measure our life by dollars made, location and size of houses lived
in, year and model of cars driven, and the stylish nature of clothes worn. In
spiritual terms, we are lacking aren't we? Nearly
every advancement in life, even the advancement of learning to walk, talk, read,
and write, comes at the cost of overcoming what appear to be insurmountable
obstacles. ● Each
and every day, know who you are and be who you are. As you fight against the
darkness in your life, recall how God understands all things. Any
thought delivering hope to your spirit and to your intellect moves you toward a
sense of well-being. Build
an alliance with your pain rather than considering the pain to be an enemy. When
you befriend the pain you can begin to control the pain. Meditation
upon the ultimate beauty, power, love, trust, and serenity of God brings peace
of mind. Your
belief in God keeps your hope alive. ● God
leaves many of the implementation decisions up to us. God does so to preserve
our free will and test us to see how devout we choose to be. However,
we must remember God's instruction manual only goes so far. The
Bible gives us common sense ways to deal with problems and obstacles disabling
to normal adults. Our
jobs and professions can often change dramatically demanding our growth. Living
in forgiveness is the only way to live in abundance. ● Do
your Christian principles, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors square up with
observed facts? Are
you operating on successful Christian principles, attitudes, beliefs, and
behaviors? Where
have your Christian principles, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors taken you on
the road to success? When
we feel hopeless, we may have the desire for a better present of future.
However, we must have both the desire plus the expectation of seeing a new
hope-filled circumstance become a reality. We
always have a choice in controlling our life. In making our choice, we can
choose to control our interior circumstances. ● You
can direct and control the spiritual life force of energy in your body. When
you give the gift of hope, you are giving a gift that is always needed. Because
of Christ's presence, see all the positive people in your life working together
in a miraculous way, knowing in advance this picture will become reality. To
succeed we must be willing to give our all to God despite the consequences to
us. Even
when faced with the prospect of doubts, misgivings, and self-pity, some action
is better than no action. ● Each
of us can score an incredible victory in our life when we take charge of what is
within us. Each
person's ultimate victory in life is to live a full and fruitful life in heart,
mind, and soul regardless of physical limitations or circumstances. We
may not be able to eliminate a physical obstacle, disability, or situation but
we can eliminate the effects the obstacle, disability, or situation has upon us. You
can run away from everything and everyone except yourself and God. God
gives all of us a way to pursue His hopes and dreams in this life until we reach
His promised land full of glory divine. ● A
religion or religious doctrine should never exclude a person from any of the
Light. Having
the new birth means the darkness is wiped out and we are continually renewed
minute by minute. To
keep the darkness out and the Light in we must walk both sides of the street at
the same time...impossible for man without God, very possible for man with God. A
person is better off finding some enlightenment about God than no enlightenment
at all. The
key question in breaking a rule for a larger purpose is the nature of the
purpose and who wrote the rule. ● In
Christ's birth, life, and death, just because the working of God is a mystery
does not mean God does not work in your life today. In
Christ's birth, life, and death, you have a new future lasting forever. In
Christ's birth, life, and death, you have a new life now and forever more. In
Christ's birth, life, and death, you have a new outlook on life in the here and
now and life in the hereafter. In
Christ's birth, life, and death, you have a new vision of eternity. ● When
you do not get the material or tangible "stuff" you pray for (the
stuff you think will make you happy), pray for spiritual "stuff" to
bless others. The
first steps in giving recognition and love to others is to communicate we hear
what others say, regardless of whether others say what we want to hear. When
you focus on what is going on within and around you, you have an opportunity to
control what happens within you. You
can change your self-image because you are a spiritual being housed in a
physical body. We
always have hope with Christ because we are responsible for what we produce,
responsible for what we do right, and responsible for what we do wrong. ● I
will be a connecting link for others to know God's unconditional love. I
will pursue God's will for my life as best I understand it. There
is always a light at the end of the tunnel if you are committed to finding the
Light. To
win out over the obstacle or adversity you must let your self-pity, torment, and
hostility slip away from you by being forgiving. For
most of us, our growth in spirit, mind, and heart is a matter of learning and
relearning. ● If
there is no penalty for breaking the rules, the rules have no force behind them. To
find hope in life when things come unglued, we all need to remember what Christ
is like. All
things are bearable with Christ living within you. Failure
is never final unless you desire failure to be final. We
can all be touched by God. In His touch we find our hope for tomorrow. ● Jesus
conquered the physical limitations of our reality with His love. Make
sure today is a repeat of yesterday's successes. When
you have a forgiving heart, you have peace. In
adversity, strike back, fight back, and make Satan pay!!! Then you can start to
dealing with the root cause of your adversity. For
reasons we do not always understand or know, God chooses to act more on internal
circumstances than external circumstances. ● The
most important choice people make in their life is the choice of where they look
for hope. Hope
is sustained through giving thanks and counting blessings. Our
loving God, for His good purpose and in His good design, does not give us
anything we want. As
you continually try to pay attention in meditation, remember the main task in
meditation is nothing more than paying attention. The
lifestyle you choose can bring you spiritual poverty or spiritual plenty. ● Your
obstacles may never go away in this life. However, in the next life instead of
obstacles there will be love, joy, peace, and glory beyond your imagination. Having
a life with a mind and heart with nothing to look forward to is having a life
steeped in hopelessness. Instead
of showing us the way to Christ's Light and hope, our material things and our
desire for human recognition keep us away from finding Light and hope. When
things go bad in life, we tend to forget about living with integrity. When we
have integrity, no matter how bad things get, we do not come unglued. When
overcoming fear, remember everyone is scared. Many people just do not show the
fear. ● We
must maintain our selfhood in selfless ways. When
we focus on anything other than the task at hand, our focus is not where our
focus should be. Upon
hearing bad news, there are people who refuse to be victims because they decide
they will not be victims. When
adversity causes pain, any kind of pain, strive to make a spiritual profit from
everything you experience. The
truth of God inspires us to see His light in the darkness. ● When
we have a mental image or picture of a person, thing, or circumstance, this
mental picture is the starting point of finding, having, and keeping hope. Tragically,
letting go of an enslaving life issue is like letting go of a best friend. In
suffering, when the darkness is exposed, the darkness disappears as we invite
the Light of Christ into our heart and life. Commitment
is an act of pledging or engaging oneself to do or to perform. Your
soul is the most important part of you. ● The
more you think of the need for love in all places at all times, the more love
can emit or bubble up from within you. When
you face any issue, be assured you are God's child. He will not leave you nor
forsake you. Our
"fate" or destination in life is something we can determine because we
have the power to choose. Because
of the tender mercy of our God, His Son of infinite love came to us from heaven.
Christ came to shine His Light on those living in darkness in the shadow of
death…to guide our feet toward the Door of eternal life. When
you have awareness of your mind you can control your mind. ● This
life is constructed in such a way we have pain, problems, suffering, and
adversity. Yet, in Christ we see a new day just ahead. Pain
is an experience from which you can grow. We
must try to relate to God as a person in Christ, rather than relating to God as
a being of impersonal power. Even
the most evil of persons need love. Death
is not the will of God. ● Christ
was wounded because of the darkness in our life. He was wounded even for the
adversity put upon us without our consent. A
so-called "realistic" view of life is too often a dim view full of
despair…a view excluding an eternity of love, peace, and happiness in heaven. When
adversity seems to have overtaken us, we have not taken charge of the opponent
because we have not marshaled our resources. Hope
gives us the power to bring the pieces of our life together, to be integrated,
to be whole, and to be true children of God. The
emotion of love is the most powerful, most hopeful, most healing, and most
victorious emotional weapon to win the spiritual war for Christ. ● To
keep the Light in and the darkness out, we must be willing to do what seems
impossible in our physical world…we must be willing to love. Christ's
hope and passion for us is to accept Him and love Him beyond measure. When
bad things happen to good people, the best people still find hope in the
darkness because their faith in God gives them an eternal future. If
you cannot fix those who hurt you, you can still love them. No
matter what shape your body might be in at the moment, your spirit is the part
of you lasting forever. ● We
are able to live in spite of our suffering because we have faith. Consequently,
our faith gives us hope. The
exterior of our life may stay the same, but the interior of our life, where we
give and receive unconditional love, can change if we will give and receive the
love. To
keep abreast of current developments in a rapidly developing chosen field of
endeavor, we must reduce our area of interest down to a small unique specialty. Sometimes
we need to measure our daily progress in inches or in fractions of an inch
rather than in feet, yards, or miles…because our progress can be
excruciatingly slow. Hope
permits us to look within, to take responsibility, and to own up. ● Many
of us fail to realize how much others need us and how much we need others. The
Light has to be kept on so the darkness will be kept out. Our
togetherness as a family of God is a weapon against the darkness. Real
health in both mind and body is possible only if you are both morally and
physically healthy. You
achieve the "The Ultimate Victory" only by doing the ultimate good
your Lord calls you to do. ● A
spirit of thanksgiving welling up within us is a spirit of love overcoming the
darkness. Giving
thanks is a major weapon against the darkness of suffering. When
we face suffering, we can overcome suffering by counting our blessings. Some
people never prepare for the future. When the future greets them with even minor
adversities, those who did not make any preparations are at a loss. Too
many people are willing to throw away parts of their life they need to treasure. ● When
we follow God's rules, the presence of God becomes real to those who come after
us. The
first step in giving recognition and love to others is to communicate we hear
and accept them regardless of whether others say what we want to hear. Quite
often, the realization of external hope can bring inner death…the inner death
from realizing we are empty inside when all we possess are external fortunes,
external fame, and external power. Keeping
your faith in suffering is vital. Out of the miracle of keeping your faith when
you suffer, a new, bigger, even better miracle will be produced. Christ
is always reaching out to us to touch us, to help us, to heal us, and to save
us. ● When
we face any issue, at any time, at any point in our life, we need to remember we
are not alone because Christ is with us. By
accepting Christ you can become younger in spirit as you find the promise of
eternal youth. We
are afraid of what lies ahead in our uncertain times. We are especially afraid
in times when we have to face death, sickness, or choices we don't want to make. Men
and women are always given freedom and options in suffering. In
Christ, if we knew all He has in store for us then our spirit would soar into
infinity from the joy of possessing all hope in Him. ● When
people love selfishly, they tragically love others based upon personal benefits
others can provide. In
our humility, we must recall we are often wrong about what works and what does
not work. Being
able to turn times of no progress into an advantage can result in making times
of no progress into unimagined times of real progress. Any
time you are in pain, remember God loves you. He will always be with you no
matter how bad the pain may get. When
you find it hard to concentrate, step back and look at what triggers your
thoughts and how your thoughts go from one place to another.
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