by Joyce Meyer.
"I’m only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something, and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do that something I can do." – Helen Keller
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The plain and simple truth is that each and every one of us only get one shot at this life. We aren’t guaranteed a certain number of days, so we must decide today what we will give our lives to. So the question is, will we choose to live a life of love in service to others or will we refuse to do our part because we feel we can’t make a big enough difference? One person has the ability to make a profound difference!So what will you give your life to? It might be easy or feel like the religious thing to do to say we’re going to give it to God, but I’m asking that you take it into your everyday lives. What are you going to give your everyday actions to?
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Why Won’t God Do Something?
We are an army, and it’s going to take everyone doing their part to change this world. And God is calling us to put on love and get to work. One morning I was having my quiet time alone with God, and I said to the Lord, not in a complaining way and not questioning His integrity, but just as a conversation, "God, how can You stand seeing all the pain—starving children, human trafficking, genocide, injustice, degradation, unbelievable pain, poverty—in the world and not do something?" I don’t even know that I was really expecting to get an answer, but I just asked Him. Immediately His answer came back: "I work through people. I’m waiting for My people to arise and do something."
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Do It on Purpose
In order to start helping others and reaching them with the love of God, we are going to have to get ourselves off our minds, out of our prayers and out of our conversations. We have to start living life with purpose—on purpose! Those two little words "on purpose" have become very important to me. They’ve actually been quite life-changing for me in the last few years, because I have realized that you cannot wait to feel like it. You cannot wait to think it’s a good idea. You cannot wait to even want to. You just have to do it on purpose! Now I’m not saying it’s bad to ask God for things for yourself, but if you want to receive true victory…if you want to be happy…you are going to have to start thinking of others first.
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Just a glimpse of the book The LOVE Revolution written by Joyce Meyer.
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The plain and simple truth is that each and every one of us only get one shot at this life. We aren’t guaranteed a certain number of days, so we must decide today what we will give our lives to. So the question is, will we choose to live a life of love in service to others or will we refuse to do our part because we feel we can’t make a big enough difference? One person has the ability to make a profound difference!So what will you give your life to? It might be easy or feel like the religious thing to do to say we’re going to give it to God, but I’m asking that you take it into your everyday lives. What are you going to give your everyday actions to?
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Why Won’t God Do Something?
We are an army, and it’s going to take everyone doing their part to change this world. And God is calling us to put on love and get to work. One morning I was having my quiet time alone with God, and I said to the Lord, not in a complaining way and not questioning His integrity, but just as a conversation, "God, how can You stand seeing all the pain—starving children, human trafficking, genocide, injustice, degradation, unbelievable pain, poverty—in the world and not do something?" I don’t even know that I was really expecting to get an answer, but I just asked Him. Immediately His answer came back: "I work through people. I’m waiting for My people to arise and do something."
.
Do It on Purpose
In order to start helping others and reaching them with the love of God, we are going to have to get ourselves off our minds, out of our prayers and out of our conversations. We have to start living life with purpose—on purpose! Those two little words "on purpose" have become very important to me. They’ve actually been quite life-changing for me in the last few years, because I have realized that you cannot wait to feel like it. You cannot wait to think it’s a good idea. You cannot wait to even want to. You just have to do it on purpose! Now I’m not saying it’s bad to ask God for things for yourself, but if you want to receive true victory…if you want to be happy…you are going to have to start thinking of others first..
Just a glimpse of the book The LOVE Revolution written by Joyce Meyer.
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P.S. *missing Jessie nos cornfields d'Ohio*
