We say we’ll pray for people and/or their loved ones, but we don’t usually ask for what we should pray.
You may be praying for healing while the family is praying for release and rest.
Don’t pray without direction.
Find out on what you’re touching and agreeing to. Make sure your prayers line up with the prayers of [...]

A helping “hand up” could eventually make you self-sufficient.
A helping “hand out” could eventually make you other-dependent.
Either one could go the opposite way.
Be careful for what you ask.
You may not realize or be prepared for what’s attached to the response.
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If a person rejects you without getting to know you, then that person is not actually rejecting you.
He/she’s rejecting the idea of you he/she has in his/her own mind.
That’s no reflection on/of you.
That’s a reflection on/of his/her short-sightedness.
Don’t take it personally. He/she hasn’t taken the time to get personal.
Move on to someone who will take [...]

If you are telling someone you love him/her just to hear it back, you’re saying it for all the wrong reasons.
How you feel and what you feel shouldn’t be predicated on how someone else does or does not feel.
When we give love, it’s nice to get it in return. However, genuine love shouldn’t be a tit-for-tat [...]

It’s easier to give up, because fighting is much harder than just lying down. You can’t get anywhere worth going on your back.
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There’s a difference between a smart chance and a stupid risk. Get wisdom to discern one from the other.
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Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is just a hole you’re afraid/unwilling to fill.
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Don’t ask me to be less, so you can be more.
That just makes us both mediocre.
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If I treat you like YOU treat you, you’d get an order of protection against me. It’s not OK for you to do violence to you, either.
Self love is the highest law of preservation.
People who hate themselves have no choice but to destroy themselves, because hatred is an emotional cancer that eats away your soul.
Self [...]

If you’re busy trying to be someone else, who can God depend on to be you?
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