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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
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Warren
Ohio
Susan Elizabeth George
Lord
Word
Become
Way
Life
Delight
Foundation
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Ways

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Everything in our lives, she said quietly, leads to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever will be--are fully enough for this moment . . .
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The soul of a child is the loveliest flower that grows in the garden of God.
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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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When we acknowledge God's supreme role in our life and set our mind on Him, He enables us to be women of hope.
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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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Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.
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Material blessings fade and deteriorate, but your riches in Christ are everlasting.
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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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Let every hindrance to joy become the soil out of which joy blossoms.
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God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.
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Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.
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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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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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The most important thing you must decide to do every day is put the Lord first.
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Replace worry with prayer. Make the decision to pray whenever you catch yourself worrying.
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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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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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Little choices determine habit Habit carves and molds character. Which makes the big decisions.
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God is immutable—He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!
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