There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.
Joel OsteenRead
Don’t fall in love with the blessings. Fall in love with the Blessor. Seek first the Kingdom & God will reward you!
Interpretation
Focus on the source of your blessings rather than the blessings themselves.
This quote emphasizes the importance of nurturing a deep relationship with the divine, or the 'Blessor', rather than getting attached to the material blessings we receive. By prioritizing spiritual connection and faith, one can find true fulfillment and receive greater rewards from a higher power.
In practice
In a sermon about gratitude, the pastor encouraged the congregation to fall in love with God rather than just His gifts.
There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.
When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it; you do it because it's the right thing to do.
Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond.
I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.
Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.
Closed doors are a test of our faith. Keep moving forward, being your best, living with determination and faith. When you do, you'll see amazing changes all around you.
Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
Oh, what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made personal, merely personal feeling. This is what is the matter with us: we are bleeding at the roots because we are cut off from the earth and sun and stars. Love has become a grinning mockery because, poor blossom, we plucked it from its stem on the Tree of Life and expected it to keep on blooming in our civilized vase on the table.
Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed.
Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants.
They've got no idea what happiness is, they don't know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us--there is no life.
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