Faithfully carry what God has put in your hands right now. This is God’s will.

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We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history - 400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night.

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The Father doesn't give life directions in one big bundle because the goal is knowing Him, not the plan.

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God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.

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Gratitude grows from a seed called grace. If you're not grateful you might still be trying to earn what God freely gives.

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Worry and worship cannot exist in the same space. One always displaces the other. Choose worship.

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People say all the time 'I don't have a good testimony' because they think their story has to involve some dramatic story of change from 'bad' to 'good'. But Jesus didn't come to save people this way. Sin doesn't make us bad it makes us dead. Jesus came to save by bringing the dead to life. And that's an amazing testimony.

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It’s at the heart of everything we struggle with in life: longing to be valuable, to be accepted, to be prized, to be worth something to somebody, to have a life that matters, and God’s saying ‘You matter! I didn’t make anyone else like you. You’re not a reprint or a lithograph. You’re a one-of-a-kind, original creation of God.

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God doesn't call people to a job description, He calls people to Himself and His mission in the world.

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But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.

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