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You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.
You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
What greater insult can you give God than to take your own life?
When you turn your life over to God, you don't give up the drama; you give up the cheap drama.
I would say before I dedicated my life to living for God, I was really your average thrill seeker.
I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.
Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.
You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.
You don't have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don't have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.
And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece of the larger picture of your life.
When I finish a song, I thank God for bringing me through. You have to press on and know your calling. That's what I've been doing for all my life. I just went forward.
A lot of people say, 'Wow, a movie on your life, isn't that exciting?' Absolutely, I'm blown away that God allowed me to do this but it's hard - watching the film and being a part of it.
I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.
Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
There's a belief that you're supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don't see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.
To become a villain, you had to have become disillusioned, and in order to become disillusioned you had to have been passionate about something you believed in that was shaken and ripped from your grasp as a protagonist in that stage of your life, leaving you disillusioned with God, if you will.
I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God. I understand that a lot of young mothers probably wouldn't know what to do in that situation, but over your life you learn to forgive everything.
It doesn't matter where you come from, what you have or don't have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.