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Love isn't what I have the opportunity to get from this world. Love is what I have the opportunity to give.

Lysa TerKeurst

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Lysa TerKeurst
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 21
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Raw emotions - anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment - are the feelings we tend to hide from people we want to impress but spew on those we love the most.
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Weakness is hard, but it doesn't have to mean defeat. It's our opportunity to experience God's power firsthand.
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Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.
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We must determine to hear God's Words and put them into practice.
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