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Christianity Is About The Heart, And The Bible Says That We Cannot Get To Heaven On Our Own Good Works. No Matter How Good We Are, We Cannot Be Good Enough, Because God Is Perfect, And We're Always Going To Be Less Than Perfect.

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Christianity Is About The

Joyce Meyer

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Christianity Is About The Heart, And The Bible Says That We Cannot Get To Heaven On Our Own Good Works. No Matter How Good We Are, We Cannot Be Good Enough, Because God Is Perfect, And We're Always Going To Be Less Than Perfect.

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Making A Difference

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Compliment People. Magnify Their Strengths, Not Their Weaknesses.

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Faith Means That You Have Peace Even When You Dont Have All The Answers.

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Decisions We Make

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One Step At A Time

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If Your Inner Life Is Not Producing What You Would Like On The Outside, Don't Be Discouraged... Just Be Willing To Change.

Willing To Change

Hope Is Favorable And Confident Expectation; It's An Expectant Attitude That Something Good Is Going To Happen And Things Will Work Out, No Matter What Situation We're Facing.

Choosing An Attitude Of Faith Will Release Peace Out Of Your Spirit And Into Your Soul.

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Everything We Run Away From Has Power Over Us;everything We Go Through,we Conquer.

You're Not Free, Unless You Come To The Place Where You Have Nothing To Prove.

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God Is Good...jesus Is Lord Be Good To Yourself And Each Other J-jesus..o-others..y-yourself

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Fruits Of The Spirit

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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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It Pleases Our Heavenly Father When We Acknowledge And Confess To Him Our Inability To Run Our Own Lives. That Is What We Are Doing When We Say, "father, Help Me! I Need You!"

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.

You Can't Have Real Love Without Operating In Forgiveness. Love Keeps Giving The Other Person Another Chance.

There's A Deceptive Sin That Can Keep Us From Walking In Love: Pride. It's Deceptive Because When You Have Pride, You're Usually Too Proud To Admit It. I Know This Because I Used To Have Teachings On Pride And They Didn't Sell Well.

Satan Gains More Ground In The Believer's Life Through Unforgiveness Than Any Other Thing, So Be Sure You Let Go Of All Offense And Pray For Those Who Have Hurt You. It May Be Hard, But It Is The Best Thing You Can Do For Yourself And The Kingdom Of God. Don't Stay Angry At Anyone Today Because It Will Hurt You More Than It Hurts Them.

To Compromise Simply Means That You Go A Tiny Bit Below What You Know Is Right.

The Only Answer To Fear Is Faith In God, Knowing He Loves You Unconditionally And Individually.

Romans 6 - Our Flesh Is The Instrument That Satan Works Through. When We Say No To The Flesh, We Say No To The Devil.

When You Forgive, You're Not Doing God A Favor, You Are Giving Yourself The Gift Of Freedom.

Jesus Said When The Woman Poured The Alabaster Bottle Of Perfume On Him That Was Worth Almost A Year's Wages, And Judas, Who Was Very Money-minded, Said You Shouldn't Have Done That, Because You're Wasting That, We Could Have Sold That And Given It To The Poor. And Jesus Himself Said, You Will Always Have The Poor With You, But She Has Done This As An Honor To Me, And She Will Be Honored For It All Of Her Days. And So You Never Run Out Of Poor People. You Could Give Everything You Had, I Could Give Everything I Had, And The World Would Still Be Full Of Poor People.

One Of The Best Aids To Freedom Is Asking God For A Lot Of Help-and Asking Often.

I’m Living Now In My Reward.

God Is A Good Choice To Lean On. He Has A Proven Record Of Faithfulness To Those Who Commit Their Lives To Him.

I Think We Need To Get Smart Enough To Do What's Going To Help Us And Not Just Continue To Do Things That Are Going To Hurt Us. It's Pretty Easy To Read Something Or Hear About It In A Message, But It's That Personal Application Of That Where It's Just You, God, And Your Problems, That Are Going To Give You The Power To Get Stronger And Stronger.

When You Put Your Feet On The Floor Every Morning, Hell Should Shake!

Home Run Portrays The Church In Its Beauty--true Life Transformation Through Real And Honest Relationships With One Another And With Jesus.

Turn You Situation Over To God Because He Can Do More In A Moment Than You Can Do In A Lifetime.

Give Him Your Mess And Let It Become Your Message.

God Is A Great God! I Want To Encourage You To Expect Great Things From Him.

God's Unconditional Love Is A Very Difficult Concept For People To Accept Because, In The World, There's Always Payment For Everything We Receive. It's Just How Things Work Here. But God Is Not Like People!

Unconditional Love

We Should Choose Our Thoughts Carefully. We Can Think About What Is Wrong With Our Lives Or About What Is Right With Them.

It's Like A Jar Of Salad Dressing Sitting On A Shelf... Most Of The Seasoning Settles To The Bottom Of The Bottle. But When You Shake That Bottle Up, All The Ingredients Mix Together And Then The Dressing Can Add Flavor To A Salad. In The Same Way, We Can Stir Ourselves Up And Regain The Reverence, Respect And Awe We Once Had For The Lord.

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Genuine Thanksgiving Is A Response To Both Who God Is And What He Has Done, Is Doing, And Will Do.

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The Devil Will Give Up When He Sees That You Are Not Going To Give In.

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