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Decide that you're going to love the people around you, even those you don't particularly like - or perhaps especially those you don't like.

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Larry Burkett
Age: 64 †
Born: 1939
Born: March 3
Died: 2003
Died: July 4
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Winter Park
Florida
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When you don't know what the answer is, you know *Who* the answer is.
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The black family unit that had survived 150 years of slavery was decimated in less than 30 years by welfare payments that stopped if the family structure remained intact.
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When we surrender every area of our lives- including our finances-to God, then we are free to trust Him to meet our needs. But if we would rather hold tightly to those things that we possess, then we find ourselves in bondage to those very things.
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A wise man seeks much counsel...a fool listens to all of it.
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...when I prayed to receive Jesus Christ as my Savior, I had made that promise...: 'If You'll make Your will for my clear, I'll do it no matter what!'
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Always be ready to give a good testimony for the Lord, but remember that the best testimony a Christian can have is a love for others and good work habits.
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Satan's number one weapon is pride. God's number one defense is humility.
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The cheapest car anyone can ever own is always the car they presently own.
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Few Christians understand the concept of eternal rewards, even thought the Lord dedicated a great deal of His precious time on earth to teaching about them. The one certainty is that our position in the Lord's kingdom will be inversely proportional to how we indulge ourselves in this lifetime.
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In business, organization is an absolute necessity, not an alternative.
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The more we listen to God's voice, the easier it is to recognize when He speaks to us.
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The measure of true giving is to share with someone who has no platform from which to speak and may never benefit us in any way. After all, isn't that what true love is all about?
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How we use our money is the clearest outside indicator of what we really believe. ... If someone is a true disciple of Jesus Christ, the evidence will be found in that person's everyday life - including his or her use of money.
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Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability. Too often those with authority are able (and willing) to surround themselves with people who support their decisions without question.
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You cannot be spiritually free and financially bound.
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Money is either the best or the worst area of communication in our marriages.
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The average Christian pays more in interest than he gives to the Lord's work. In a church of 100 families 37 will give nothing.
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If you'll do now what other people won't, you'll do later what other people can't.
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