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So often, we want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention. But we need to leave enough space in our days to get up from our prayers and actually look for God in the moment-to-moment things that happen.

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Lysa TerKeurst
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 21
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