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Diligence
I don’t know about you, but with the changing weather lately, I just haven’t wanted to do anything. I have had no motivation to go outside because everything is wet and cold, and when I am inside, I literally just want to be a couch potato. Does anyone else feel this way? It wasn’t until…
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Determination
We all have those times in our lives when we just don’t want to do something. Or when something gets to be too challenging or seem to just not be working, we respond by forsaking that task all together for something that might be easier to accomplish. Or possibly, when we get too tired or…
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Dependability
Imagine with me for a moment that you are sitting at your desk at work, whether it is a small cubicle or a large office, and your boss comes in with that look… You know which one I am talking about. The one that says I have something that I need you to do. Now…
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Deference
Are you tired of all the eyes that always seem to be watching you? 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.God instructs us to be examples to all that see us, whether they…
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Decisiveness
Do we have a commitment to always do what is right, even before we have a decision to make? As believers in Christ, we have the truth of God’s Word that helps us hold firm to our spiritual convictions. We also have the Holy Spirit that is always ready to help us when difficult circumstances…
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Creativity
Do any of you have that one person at work that never seems to be doing anything? And then when they do work, it is never done well? A lot of times there is a reason this person is like that. Their under-achievement could be due to simple laziness, but it can also be due…
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Contentment
What are you depending on for your joy and contentment? Everything we see online or TV is trying to convince us that we need that newest and greatest gadget or thing. Those advertisements are trying to steal your focus and joy. Contentment is literally realizing that God has provided everything we need for our happiness.…
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Compassion
This past year has been a struggle; I have had three family members pass away and well… I feel like I just need some love and comfort from others. Everyone feels this way at one time or another, but God doesn’t ever say that we are to seek for our own comfort from others, but…
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Cautiousness
Life is full of moments that cautiousness becomes more than just a thought. Or at least it should. Often we associate cautiousness with an interest to our own safety. It is our own senses that help us to realize potential danger. But God has given us more than just physical senses. He has also given…
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Boldness
Does doing the right thing cause you to fear what others may say or think? 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Satan loves to intimidate us, with the opinions of others, to keep us silent from speaking…