Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.
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Has worrying about tomorrow every changed it?
Interpretation
Worrying about future problems does not alter their outcome.
This quote emphasizes the futility of worrying about what lies ahead, suggesting that anxiety about the future changes nothing about the actual events that may occur. It encourages individuals to focus on the present instead of being consumed with fears regarding what tomorrow might bring.
In practice
In a motivational speech about mental health.
Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.
When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.
We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.
One of the things I discover a lot in marriage counseling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their partner; I think that's a real common mistake that we make.
Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia
I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God's Word that showed me I wasn't living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.
Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.
All you earnest young men out to save the world. . . please, have a laugh.
Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of.
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