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Without God’s Word as a lens, the world warps

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Every breath is a battle between grudgery and gratitude. Give thanks...and you win joy.
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Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash
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Our fall is always first a failure to give thanks.
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We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if not with thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is the evidence of our acceptance of whatever He gives. Thanksgiving is the manifestation of our Yes! to His grace.
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If trust must be earned, hasn't God unequivocally earned our trust with the bark on the raw wounds, the thorns pressed into the brow, your name on the cracked lips.
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We give thanks to God not because of how we feel, but because of Who He is.
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Real Womanhood isn’t a function of becoming a great mother, but of being loved by your Great Father.
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Sometimes, too often, I don't want to muster the energy. Stress and anxiety seem easier.
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You were made for the place where your real # passion meets # compassion because there lies your real purpose.
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I only live the full life when I live fully in the moment.
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Like the wind, Grace finds us wherever we are and won't leave us however we were found.
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Maybe the woman who was handed the book [One Thousand Gifts] by a friend the morning before she had an abortion scheduled - and read the book and realized that this pregnancy that she didn't want - perhaps it too could be a gift from God? And then she said showed me the photo of this laughing 5 month old boy.
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In naming that which is right before me, that which I'd otherwise miss, the invisible becomes visible.
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...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.
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It's habits that can imprison you and it's habits that can free you. But when thanks to God becomes a habit - so joy in God becomes your life.
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Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.
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Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well.
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Kathie Lee [Gifford] invited me to come to New York for lunch with her - and surprised with an unexpected shout out again for One Thousand Gifts on the show and graciously asked a few questions on camera. Indebted to her and the people who read and looked for Jesus in the pages and shared the hope and joy of Him - right where they are.
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Poor communication doesn’t disconnect souls. It’s the disconnected souls who poorly communicate.
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How long does it take your soul to realize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of fullness and satisfaction.
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