Stormie Omartian Quotes

How you respond to the enemy of your soul determines whether his plan for your life or God's plan for your life is realized.
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If you’re being tormented by guilt or feelings of failure in this area, confess your thoughts to God, pray about it, put it in God’s hands, and then stand up and proclaim the truth!
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Mary knew God loved her. From the moment Gabriel appeared to her, Mary has a distinct sense that God’s presence was with her and His hand upon her. She didn’t understand everything that was happening, but she was certain that God would be with her through it all.
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When asking God for direction, ask Him to give you ears to hear it and the will and strength to follow it. Say, “God show me what to do and enable me to do it.
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Walking through each day without a clear guide, an accurate map, and a consistent light source is hazardous to your well-being. Fortunately, God’s Word provides us with the tools and help that we need.
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It’s only when we acknowledge God as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, that we can receive His love for us.
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It’s in those private times that we are refreshed, strengthened, and rejuvenated. It’s then we can see our lives from God’s perspective and discover what is really important. That’s where we understand who it is we belong to and believe in.
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Many of us suffer because we think that if people don’t really love us, then we will have to live forever without love. But it’s not true. The greatest sense of love, which is available for us at all times, is God’s love.
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Seeking God first will always put us in the correct position and aim us in the right direction to move into the future God has for us.
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The greatest sense of love, which is available for us at all times, is God’s love.
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Know that once we have received Jesus, we can’t continue to live our old sinful lifestyle. Now that we have His Holy Spirit living in us, guiding us, and transforming us, we have no excuse.
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When our heart wants to live in purity & do the right thing, God will keep us from falling into sin.
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Lord I submit my body to You. Help me to be disciplined in the way I care for it. Help me to choose health-filled and life-giving foods and be able to resist eating what I should not have. Enable me to make the right choices with regard to what I eat.
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Obedience to God’s Word begins by being determined to make no compromise with His ways. It requires a clear understanding that God’s rules and laws are for your benefit, and for you to do all you can to live by them.
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If your attitude is one of gratefully searching for God’s truth & goodness in any situation, it will change your life.
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Lord, Your Word is a love letter to me, showing me how much You love me. And every time I read it, I love You more.
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There are so many things we do not appreciate in our life until we recognize God's love for us in them.
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God wants to lead you to places you cannot get to without Him, and He does that by the power of His Spirit. He can bring you into the realm of the miraculous—not as a show, but as a demonstration of His love and compassion for the lost, hurting, or needy. Who among us doesn’t want or need that?
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When a wise woman speaks, her words are gracious. Ask God to help you find words that speak life to those around you.
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We all can have accidents in life. God knew this, and so He sent Jesus as our Healer. His healing touch is God’s mercy to us. If you are hurt, ask God to heal you and then trust Him to do it in His way and in His time.
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Know that we never have to walk in darkness. Even when we get into dark times or dark situations, God’s light is always there to be found!
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The love of God is constantly active and present. His love didn't just happen once. It's forever moving in you and in your life.
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. . . you have no idea how many people there are in the world whose day could be made and their life changed for the better if someone would just look them in the eye, smile, and say, "Hello.
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The battle for our lives, and the lives of our children, our husbands, our friends, our families, & our nation, is waged on our knees.
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The battle for our lives, and the lives of our children, our husbands, our friends, our families, and our nation, is waged on our knees.
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Praying is not telling God what to do. It’s trusting that God knows what to do.
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When we forgive someone, it doesn’t justify what they’ve done. It releases them into God’s hands so He can deal with them.
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The quality of your relationships will determine the quality of your life. And this is something worth praying about.
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People’s love for us may change, depending on what we do or don’t do to please them. But God’s does not—it’s everlasting.
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In the darkest times of your life, your praise to God should be the loudest. Let the enemy know you’re not afraid of the dark.
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God wants to bless us in many ways that require faith. We must trust that He is answering our prayers even when we can’t see it.
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Allow yourself to be possessed by God by receiving Jesus, and you will never be possessed by anything else.
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The phrase “timing is everything” is never more true than in your walk with God—HIS timing is everything.
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Talking to God should be part of every aspect of life, in times of peace as well as in every battle.
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We don’t want to limit what God can do in our children by trying to parent them alone—Trust God to take care of them.
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It’s important that you keep asking God to show you what He wants you to do. If you don’t ask, you won’t know.
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If you want to determine if your thoughts are from the enemy or from God, ask yourself, 'Are these thoughts I’d choose to have?
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Good soldiers know that if they don’t recognize who their enemy is, they are destined to lose the war. That is also true for those of us who battle in God’s army. Even though Jesus put the enemy under His feet and won the victory for us, we still must move into that victory. There are still battles to be fought in prayer.
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One of the gifts we receive from Jesus is an entirely new foundation upon which to build our lives. Once you receive Him, He becomes your new foundation and every day you walk with Him, you build on it.
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God is always waiting for us to come to Him, so we can be set free from anything that keeps us from becoming more like Him. To the children of Israel in bondage in Egypt, God said He saw their oppression, heard their cry, and knew their sorrows, so He came to deliver them (Exodus 3:7-8). Know that He will do the same for you.
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Know that when you praise and worship God and appreciate fully all that He is, you open up a channel through which more of His love pours into your heart.
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If you ever seem to be sliding back into the very thing you’ve already been set free of, don’t even waste time getting discouraged. Often what seems like the same old thing coming back again may be a new layer surfacing that needs to come off. You’re not going backwards—you are going deeper.
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Know that we win the war when we pray in power because prayer is the battle.
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If your husband’s self-image needs a makeover, be patient. The answers don’t come overnight when a long-held pattern of thinking has to be broken. But you can appropriate the power of God to fight the enemy that feeds him familiar lies, so your husband can be free to hear His truth.Remember that God will reveal glimpses of the key to breaking any of your husband’s bad habits. As you pray for your husband’s self-image, He will show you how to pray.
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Praying always means praying through things and not giving up. It means being ever-watchful and persevering in prayer in order to see breakthrough.God wants us to be persistent in our praying. Don’t forget to spend some quiet time praying to your Heavenly Father today.
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The more a family can be splintered apart, the weaker and more ineffectual they become, and the more the enemy has control of their lives. One way to avoid this is through prayer. When you cover your family relationships in prayer, whether it be with your children, parents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, husband, or wife, there will be far fewer instances of strained or severed relationships.
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The Holy Spirit’s desire is that we become more and more dependent upon Him for every step. That’s because He wants to take us to places we’ve never been before. To heights we can’t even imagine!
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Jesus is the Commander of two armies. One is an army of angels in heaven and one is the army of prayer warriors on earth. As Commander of these armies, He shows us how to take back from the enemy all he has stolen that is rightfully ours. We do that in prayer as prayer warriors!
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Lord, I pray that my husband will be strong in the Lord and put on the whole armor of God, so he can stand against the enemy every day. Enable him to take up the shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
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Every moment God gives you is precious. Never take the life and moments He has given you for granted
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Lord, today I ask for a renewed sense of purpose in my smaller daily choices, knowing that how I spend each moment is how I live my life. Every choice matters.
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Ask Jesus to live in you & fill you with His Holy Spirit, & thank Him that you’re now God’s child
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Destructive behavior—or simply behavior that constantly annoys your spouse to the point of desperation—is not right, and there will always be a serious consequence for it in your marriage and personal life. But every attempt you make to rid yourself of that behavior and do what’s right will bring reward.Today, ask God to help break any bad habits that you or your spouse may have.
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As prayer warriors, we must remember that no matter how hopeless a situation may appear to us, God gives us power in prayer to do something about it. We may be overwhelmed by it, but God isn’t. We may not see a way out, but God can. Because of Him, we can make a difference!
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There’s so much to be grateful for, and praising God for giving you His Spirit is a great place to begin.Even if you don’t think you have much to be grateful for right now, know that you can always praise God for the Holy Spirit’s presence in your life!
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The most important thing we can pray about for others is that they will know God better and that He will help them understand His will, grow in spiritual wisdom, and live lives that honor Him. We can pray that they will become more like Him and bear the fruit of His Spirit.
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When you live by God’s Word, your life works. When you live without God’s Word, life doesn’t work. God’s Word builds you up, feeds your soul, and gives you strength, direction, guidance, hope, encouragement, and faith. Remember that He gave you His Word so that you would know Him and the way He wants You to live.
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All the weapons of hate and cruelty cannot stand against God’s love. The spiritually blind and intentionally evil try to oppose it, but they cannot ultimately win. That’s because all creation was formed and is sustained by God
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Children who have faith have distinctly different characteristics from those who don't. In fact, one of the main manifestations of a person with strong faith is the ability to give—not just in terms of money or possessions, but also time, love, and encouragement.
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As you pray for your children, you will find it to be an unending habit of your heart. Being able to positively affect your children in prayer will keep you in close contact with them and actively involved in their lives, even after they leave home. And it will continually contribute to your joy as a parent!
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