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Your Thoughts About Your Circumstances Have You Down. On The Other Hand, You Can Be In One Of The Biggest Battles Of Your Life, And Still Be Filled With Joy And Peace And Victory - If You Simply Learn How To Choose The Right Thought. It’s Time To Think About What You’re Thinking About.

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Your Thoughts About Your Circumstances Have You Down. On The Other Hand, You Can Be In One Of The Biggest Battles Of Your Life, And Still Be Filled With Joy And Peace And Victory - If You Simply Learn How To Choose The Right Thought. It’s Time To Think About What You’re Thinking About.

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Let Go Of Yesterday. Let Today Be A New Beginning And Be The Best That You Can, And You'll Get To Where God Wants You To Be.

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I Want Get Across To Not Just The Church World. I Want To Get Outside Those Walls To Everyday People.

I'm Not Leading Them To Some False God Or Something Like That.

I'm Not For Gay Marriage, But I'm Not For Discriminating Against People.

There's A Lot Of Negative Things Trying To Pull People Down, And I Think People Respond When You Tell Them That Hey, There Are Good Things Up Ahead.

When You Go Through Difficult Times, Make Sure You Pass The Test. Don’t Be Stubborn And Hardheaded. Recognize That God Is Refining You, Knocking Off Some Of Your Rough Edges. Stand Strong And Fight The Good Fight Of Faith. God Has Called Each Of Us To Be Champions; You Are Destined To Win. If You Will Work With God And Keep A Good Attitude, Then No Matter What Comes Against You, The Bible Says That All Things – Not Just The Good Things In Life, But All Things – Work Together For Your Good.

I Think God Gives Every One Of Us Our Own Will, And Unfortunately, Some People Choose To Do Evil Things With It.

God Didn't Make A Mistake When He Made You. You Need To See Yourself As God Sees You.

When You Go Through A Loss, A Disappointment Or A Bad Break Up, Don't Expect To Come Out The Same. Expect To Come Out Better Off Than You Were Before.

For A While... To Be An Evangelical Meant You Were A White Republican, And You Were Against This And Against That. I Don't Want To Be Put Into That Mold, Because Then People Judge You Before They Even Listen... I Don't Want To Divide The Very People I Am Trying To Reach.

At This Very Moment, God’s Working Behind The Scenes In Your Life, Arranging Things In Your Favor. Stay In Faith!

It's God's Will For You To Live In Prosperity Instead Of Poverty. It's God's Will For You To Pay Your Bills And Not Be In Debt.

I Believe That God Has Put Gifts And Talents And Ability On The Inside Of Every One Of Us. When You Develop That And You Believe In Yourself And You Believe That You're A Person Of Influence And A Person Of Purpose, I Believe You Can Rise Up Out Of Any Situation.

Gifts And Talents

If You’re Not Seeing God Move In Your Life Right Now, One Of Two Possibilities Must Be Considered. Either Your Requests Are Not God’s Best And Will Probably Not Be Answered The Way You’d Like Or It Must Not Be The Right Time. If God Were To Answer That Prayer The Way You Are Hoping, It Could Interfere With His Ideal Plan For You.

To Me, It's Ok To Have Differences. But We Don't Have To Be Mad About It. You Know? And I Think That's Where Sometimes We Get So Passionate That We - You Know, It Turns Into Anger.

Don’t Allow Negative People To Steal Your Joy. When You Lose Your Joy, You Lose Your Strength.

I Deal With More Practical Issues Of The Bible.

We Have To Remember, When We Forgive We're Not Doing It Just For The Other Person, We're Doing It For Our Own Good. When We Hold On To Unforgiveness And We Live With Grudges In Our Hearts, All We're Doing Is Building Walls Of Separation.

God Has Already Lined Up The Right People For You, People That Will Inspire You, Challenge You And Motivate You. If You’ll Let Go Of The Wrong People, Then The Right People Will Show Up.

We Need To Show Mercy. I Mean, Because As Much Mercy As You Show People, That's The Mercy You're Going To Be Receiving.

God Doesn’t Care What You’re Not. He Cares Who You Are. You Are His, You Come From The Master, And When He Adds His Extra To Your Ordinary And His Super To Your Natural, Nothing Is Impossible For You.

You Won't Be Free From Guilt If You Are Constantly Replaying The Negative Memories Of Your Past. If You're Going To Replay Anything, Replay Your Victories!

Don’t Use Your Energy To Worry. Use Your Energy To Believe.

You Are Full Of Potential. You Are Overflowing With Creativity. There's Nothing In Your Heart That You Cannot Accomplish.

When Someone Is Rude, Keep A Smile On Your Face. When You Stay On The High Road.

I'm Not A Big Believer In Trying To Jam Stuff Down Somebody's Throat: 'you're Going To Do It My Way.' I'd Rather Show By Example And Live My Life And Have People Say, 'you Know What, I Want To Live Like Joel Has. He's Got Peace And Joy, And He Seems Content.'

Sometimes You Face Difficulties Not Because You're Doing Something Wrong, But Because You're Doing Something Right.

Start Announcing Freedom From Anything That’s Holding You Back. Freedom From Addictions, Freedom From Loneliness, Freedom From Lack, Freedom From Struggle. You Are Prophesying Your Future. Your Words Are Setting The Direction For Your Life.

When You Face Adversity, You Need To Remind Yourself That Whatever Is Trying To Defeat You Could Very Well Be What God Will Use To Promote You.

I Believe God's Keeping The Records, And I Believe You Will Be Rewarded Even In This Life. Somehow, Some Way, God Will Make It Up To You. It May Be He Protected You From An Accident You Never Knew. You Can't Give God Something Without God Giving You More In Return, Whether It's Peace Or Joy Or Satisfaction.

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Positive Thoughts

That's It. I'm Going To Start Making The Right Choices.

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Don't Live Worried, Frustrated Or Upset Because Of What Somebody Did Or What Didn't Work Out. Come Back To A Place Of Peace. It's Not Going To Work Against You; It's Going To Work For You.

Happiness Is Always A Choice. You Can't Wait For Circumstances To Get Better. You Have To Create Your Own Good Fortune. So Look For Ways To Be Happy Every Day.

Positive Thinking

We Can Be Civil. We Can Still Be Friends, And Be Democrats And Republicans, And Have Different Views.

It's Easy To Get Negative Because You Get Beat Down. You Go Through A Few Disappointments And It's Easy To Stay In That Negative Frame Of Mind. Choosing To Be Positive And Having A Grateful Attitude Is A Whole Cliche, But Your Attitude Is Going To Determine How You're Going To Live Your Life.

If We Don't Forgive Ourselves For Mistakes We've Made-and Everybody's Made Their Choices, Some Worse Than Others-we'll Never Experience The Good Life God Has In Store.

On Sundays When I Speak, I Hopefully Give Somebody Something That They Can Use The Next Day At Work Or At Home.

Father, I Desire To Please You In Everything I Do. I Declare That You Are Good And Faithful. I Trust You With My Whole Heart And Believe That You Are A Rewarder Of Those Who Diligently Seek You. I Bless You And Honor You Today In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Believe That God Is In Control. There Is No Need To Be Stressed Out Or Worried

There's Pros And Cons Of A Big Church. Cons Is I Don't Get To Know Everybody, I Don't Get To Go To Their Ballgame, I Don't Get To Marry Everybody, But The Pros Are You Get All This Community, 800 Ushers Come In To Serve, Getting There At 7 In The Morning On Their Day Off And Coming In On Saturday To Make All Those Wafers.

It's Flattering To People Who Stop You And Say That You've Helped Them And All. But, Again, You Know, You've Got To Stay Humble Because As Quick As You Came Up, You Can Come Down.

I Don't Think That A Same-sex Marriage Is The Way God Intended It To Be.

Encouragement To Others Is Something Everyone Can Give. Somebody Needs What You Have To Give. It May Not Be Your Money; It May Be Your Time. It May Be Your Listening Ear. It May Be Your Arms To Encourage. It May Be Your Smile To Uplift. Who Knows?

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