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This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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I refuse to let my emotions control me

James 1:22 says that if we hear God’s Word and don’t do it, it is because we deceive ourselves through reasoning that is contrary to the truth. We know what we should do, but we find a reason to think that not doing it is all right, thereby excusing our disobedience. There should never be an excuse…

—p.203 Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally Love Wins (200) by Joyce Meyer
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merely floating downstream with everyone else

I pray that you will be a person through whom God can work in the days in which we live. Ask yourself if you are more concerned with God’s will than with your own will. Does your heart break with what breaks God’s heart? Are you willing to sacrifice in order to be someone God can use to change the …

—p.195 What in the World Is Going On? (188) by Joyce Meyer
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we should begin now to live for eternity

[...] Jesus has set before us two paths to travel through life, and we must choose one. He offers us a narrow path, which, although it is “contracted by pressure,” leads to life. He also offers us a broad path that is easier to travel but leads to destruction. Our temptation is to take the easy way…

—p.171 “It’s Just Too Hard!” (169) by Joyce Meyer
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the power to endure whatever comes

We often hear “Life is not fair,” and it isn’t, but God will bring justice if we patiently trust and wait on Him. In reading Paul’s letters, I have noticed that he never prayed for people not to have problems or for their problems to go away. He prayed that they would have “the power to endure what…

—p.150 Adapt and Adjust Yourself to Other People (147) by Joyce Meyer
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I can love from a distance

[...] I do believe we can love someone and still not enjoy being around them a lot. Don’t forget that love is not necessarily having loving feelings, but a decision to treat people as God instructs us to treat them.

When you read about loving everyone unconditionally, you may feel there are cert…

—p.143 Please Accept Me! (137) by Joyce Meyer