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We give thanks to God not because of how we feel, but because of Who He is.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are a divine choice.
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I don't want a Christmas you can buy. I don't want a Christmas you can make. What I want is a Christmas you can hold. A Christmas that holds me, remakes me, revives me. I want a Christmas that whispers, Jesus.
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God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors.
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Research actually indicates that if you write down what you're grateful for, it increases your happiness by 25 percent. And who doesn't want that? And God's word says (1 Thessalonians 5), Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Who doesn't want to know exactly what God's will is for them?
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Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.
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I don't really want more time I just want enough time. Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time to laugh long, time to give You glory and rest deep and sing joy and just enough time in a day not to feel hounded, pressed, driven, or wild to get it all done-yesterday.
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I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse?
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The busyness of your life leaves little room for the source of your life.
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What if I gave thanks in the trouble, for the trouble, because the trouble is a gift that causes me to turn? What if I loved God not for His goods but for His love itself that is goodness enough?
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Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.
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God’s purposes are not for me to understand His plans: His plan is for me to understand Who He is.
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