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Strong spirits: do you have hope?
We all need hope. Where do we get it?
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Strong spirits: are you grateful?
Thanksgiving is the entry point to a relationship with God.
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Strong spirits: waiting at the right pace
Impatience is a curse of our time. But God waits...
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Strong spirits: if
Usually we want to be the ones setting the conditions.
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Strong spirits: are you a saint?
It is surrender to him that makes us holy, makes us his disciples, makes us saints.
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Strong spirits: the most important thing
If you had to pick one thing to do, what would it be?
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Strong spirits: C'mon! Celebrate!
Sometimes not celebrating wholeheartedly would be just wrong!
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Strong spirits: how do you decide?
How do you make large and small decisions about home, work, relationships, life?
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Strong spirits: every person becomes the image of the god they adore
Worship need not be complex or extravagant. It can be as simple as a whisper.
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Strong spirits: we work our best when we get our rest
Unless we do take time away from our work, we will not do our work well.
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Strong spirits: dying to self
Sometimes self-denial takes simple forms, ones that we can all practice.
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Strong spirits: but what will you do?
It does you precisely no good to know the truth and not act on it.
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Strong spirits: who are you, really?
The question is, what does your life say?
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Strong spirits: here's the good news
Like any good parent, God very much wants to give good things to his children.
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Strong spirits: Don't!
Only God is in a position to judge. We would be smart to leave it to him.
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Strong spirits: what are you worried about?
Carrying worry keeps you from joy, keeps you from peace.
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Strong spirits: where do you keep what matters most?
There is nothing wrong with having things, as long as we remember certain truths.
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Strong spirits: who, me?
In confessing to each other, the love and mercy of God show up most clearly.
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Strong spirits: wanna be great?
Would you rather be served, or serve?
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Strong spirits: Really? Submit?
Submission flies in the face of our independence, our freedom, our rights.
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Strong spirits: get alone
Begin with listening, being still, waiting.
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Strong spirits: simplify!
Simplicity means less clutter, less stuff, more focus, more flexibility.
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Strong spirits: are you learning?
Study makes our minds strong, and a strong mind helps make for a strong spirit as well.
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Strong spirits: what are you hungry for?
If Jesus needed it, maybe we do, too.
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Strong spirits: talking and listening to God
It's something almost all of us do, even unknowingly.
