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“God honors obedience, and He has distinct plans for us. I think the dreams that God puts in our hearts, we can fulfill. He's equipped us for that.”

Thinking Heart Dream Plans Honor Obedience

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“I like to start my day off every morning, take the first half hour and just search my own heart, see if I'm on the right course, try to be honest with myself - am I doing this for the right reasons?”

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“I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm here to encourage them. I see myself more as a coach, as a motivator to help them experience the life God has for us.”

People Heart Helping My Heart Coaches

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“That's what I feel like I'm called to do - to plant a seed of hope in people's hearts.”

People Feels Heart Plant Seeds

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“We minister the Word of God. The proclamation of the Gospel comes after individuals have opened their hearts to God and turned from themselves to others. Only then are they truly ready to hear and benefit fully from the Word of the Lord.”

Heart Individual Lord Ready Benefits Ministers Word Of God Proclamation

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“God knows the dreams and desires in your heart; in fact, He gave them to you. He will order your steps and take you where you need to be.”

Knows Needs Heart Facts Dream Desire Order Steps God Knows

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“I just wanted to get the message that God had put into my heart into another form, because I knew the print media would reach a different group of people.”

People Heart Different Wanted Form Groups Media My Heart Messages Print Print Media

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“I've always been an encourager at heart.”

Heart Encouragers

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“When I took over from my father, he came from the Southern Baptist background, and back 40-50 years ago, there was a lot more of that.I don't believe - maybe it was for a time. But I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm there to encourage them.”

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“I just think that only God will judge a person's heart.”

Thinking Heart Persons Judging Gods Will

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“Only God can look at somebody's heart.”

Looks Heart

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“We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God's talking to us all the time. He's talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it's the Holy Spirit talking to us.”

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“A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.”

Years Heart Said Principles Years Ago Medicine Medical Psychological Merry

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“I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith.”

People Knows Trying Heart Teach Plans Draws Seeds Doctrine Hopefully Good God

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“I do think that religion has turned a lot of people off. Part of it is because it was all about the rules and was political. I think now people have a hunger for God, they want to have a relationship, but they don't want to be called religious. I'm not trying to get them to join my religion, I'm just trying to plant a seed of hope in their heart.”

People Thinking Want Trying Heart Political Religious Plant Hunger Seeds Hunger For God

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“I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I'm on course, and I'm doing what God wants me to do. I'm real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.”

Want Heart Real Courses My Own Critics Want Me

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“It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all are passionate about it.”

Thinking Heart Seems Growing Up Growing Passionate Compromise Lawmakers

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“You have to learn to follow your heart. You can’t let other people pressure you into being something that you’re not. If you want God’s favor in your life, you must be the person He made you to be, not the person your boss wants you to be, not even the person your parents or your husband wants you to be. You can’t let outside expectations keep you from following your own heart.”

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“You need to follow your own heart in light of God’s word and do what you feel is right and good for you.”

Needs Feels Heart Light

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“Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.”

People Want Inspirational Believe Heart Persons Helping Evil Easy Inspire Return Faults Heal Wounded Wounded Heart

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“When God puts love and compassion in your heart toward someone, He’s offering you an opportunity to make a difference in that person’s life. You must learn to follow that love. Don’t ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have.”

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“Many people are unhappy and are not experiencing life to its fullest because they’ve closed their hearts to compassion, they are motivated by only what they want and what they think they need. They rarely do anything for anybody else unless they have an ulterior goal in mind. They are self-involved and self-centered.”

People Thinking Want Needs Mind Heart Self Goal Compassion Involved Unhappy Motivated Self Centered

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“Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.”

Heart Roots Grateful Seeds Discouragement Grateful Heart Noticer

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“Choose today to let the peace of Christ rule in your heart and have an attitude of gratitude toward the Lord. Even if you have things that are upsetting you, take a step of faith and begin to thank God for His goodness in your life. Thank Him for working behind the scenes on your behalf. As you do, you will walk forward into the life of blessing He has in store for you!”

Source: Hope for Today Bible

“You are full of potential. You are overflowing with creativity. There's nothing in your heart that you cannot accomplish.”

Life Heart Creativity Accomplish Happy Life

Book:It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set

Source: It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set

“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.”

Heart Persons Remember Building Wall Forgiveness Forgiving Separation Remember When Grudge Building Walls

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“Forgiveness doesn't mean that what that person did was right or that you even have to get back into a relationship with that person. Forgiveness simply releases the debt they owe you so that God can release the debt you owe Him. Ask the Lord to search your heart and show you if there is any unforgiveness blocking His blessing in your life. Ask Him to show you more about this gift of forgiveness so that you can walk in the freedom and victory He has for you today.”

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“Life's too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can't please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart.”

Inspirational Trying Heart Destiny Please Too Short Our Destiny Your Destiny Stay True Life's Too Short

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“God would not have put a dream in your heart if He had not already given you everything you need to fulfill it.”

Ifs Inspirational Needs Heart Dream Given

Book:Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

Source: Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

“Heavenly Father, thank You for Your peace that rules my heart. I choose Your peace today and thank You for guiding my every step. I choose to be thankful today and bless You for Your faithfulness. In Jesus Name. Amen.”

“Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing.”

Knows Way Believe Heart May Sometimes Happens Voice Promise Refuse Fog Right Direction Sometimes In Life Keep Believing

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“The moment God put a dream in your heart, the moment the promise took root, God not only started it, but He set a completion date.”

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“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.”

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“A grateful heart is like a sponge that soaks up God's goodness.”

“Faith is not in your head. Faith is in your heart. Sometimes you have to turn your mind off and listen to your heart.”

Mind Heart Sometimes Turns Listen To Your Heart

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“The dream in your heart may be bigger than the environment in which you find yourself. Sometimes you have to get out of that environment in order to see your dream fulfilled.”

Heart May Sometimes Dream Order Environment Bigger Your Dreams Finding Yourself Fulfilled Deep Thought

Book:Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day

Source: Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day

“When God puts something in your heart and deep down you know it’s a destiny moment, don’t wait for ten confirmations. Do what God is asking you to do now.”

Knows Heart Moments Waiting Destiny Ten Asking Trust In God Deep Down Commitment To God Confidence In God Intimacy With God Servant Of God Confirmation God Within Us

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“Be careful with whom you associate, especially when you feel emotionally vulnerable, because negative people can steal the dream right out of your heart.”

People Feels Heart Dream Negative Careful Stealing Vulnerable Be Careful Associates Negative People

Book:Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

Source: Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

“Life is short. You can't afford to put off what God has put in your heart. You don't have time to live with things holding you back.”

Heart Life Is Life Is Short Life Is Too Short Short Life Living In The Past Affording

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“God planted a dream in your heart for a reason. No one else can dream it for you. No one else will accomplish it for you.”

Heart Reason Dream Accomplish

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“A merry heart is good like a medicine.”

Heart Medicine Merry

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“Take your dreams and the promises God has put in your heart, and every day declare that they will come to pass.”

Heart Dream Promise Your Dreams

Book:It's Your Time: Finding Favour, Restoration and Abundance in Your Everyday Life

Source: It's Your Time: Finding Favour, Restoration and Abundance in Your Everyday Life

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