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When you delight yourself in the Lord, His Word and His ways become the focus and foundation of your life.

Elizabeth George

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Elizabeth George
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 26
Author
Novelist
Writer
Warren
Ohio
Susan Elizabeth George
Life
Delight
Foundation
Focus
Ways
Lord
Word
Become
Way

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When we don't understand and don't agree with the way life has gone, we are to bow before God and once again confess that we can't understand His wisdom. In faith, we are to accept His wisdom, His Word, and His workings, trusting in Him and obeying His commands.
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God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.
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Material blessings fade and deteriorate, but your riches in Christ are everlasting.
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The soul of a child is the loveliest flower that grows in the garden of God.
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A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.
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Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.
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When we hold our thoughts up against God's standards of what is true and what is real, we can recognize and, with His help, learn to release many of our negative emotions, damaging thoughts, and destructive attitudes.
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We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.
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Prayer enables you to tap into God's wisdom anywhere, anytime, no matter what's going on.
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If your home is a ministry, shouldn't that ministry become a passion? Shouldn't your feelings and emotions be involved when it comes to the people and place you love? And shouldn't your work be done passionately? Your labors should be labors of love!
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God has plans for you and His plans are for good because God Himself is good. He can neither think nor do evil.
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Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.
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By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!
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I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.
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Replace worry with prayer. Make the decision to pray whenever you catch yourself worrying.
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The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character.
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I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand this point of view
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God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside-in the inner woman and her heart-and then works outward.
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Little choices determine habit Habit carves and molds character. Which makes the big decisions.
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It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.
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