be grateful reach out in love

8/17/2019 Be Grateful Reach Out in Love

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“Be Grateful,

Reach Out inLove!”

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In our (ail) lives, *e +ust seethat it is not ha iness that+a-es us grateful, .ut it/s

gratefulness that +a-es usha )0 11 Albert Clarke


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4o not *orr) a.out an)thing,.ut in ever)thing .) ra)eran( su lication*ith than-sgiving let )ourre5uests .e +a(e -no*n toGo(


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Gratitu(e isriches06o+ laint is

overt)011Doris Day


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7ue Sera Sera


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Gratitu(e unloc-s the fullness of life0 Itturns *hat *e have into enough, an(+ore0 It turns (enial into acce tance,*ant into content+ent, a rehensionto ho e, 8chaos to or(er, confusion toclarit)90 It can turn a +eal into a feast,a house into a ho+e, a stranger into afrien(0 Gratitu(e +a-es sense of our

ast, .rings eace for to(a), an(creates an e:cite+ent 8vision9 forto+orro*0 11 Melody Beattie


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Gratitu(e is our +ost (irectline to Go( an( if the onl)

ra)er *e ever sa) in ourentire life is “;han- )ouLor(” , it *ill .e enough011Meister Eckhart


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See *hat great love the Father haslavishe( on us, that *e shoul( .ecalle( chil(ren of Go(! An( that is *hat*e are! $# ;his is ho* *e -no* *ho the chil(renof Go( are an( *ho the chil(ren of the

(evil are3 An)one *ho (oes not (o*hat is right is not Go(/s chil(, nor isan)one *ho (oes not love their .rotheran( sister0


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Be Grateful, Reach Out in Love

Love is ro.a.l) the +ost +isun(erstoo(

*or( in the *orl(0


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Be Grateful, Reach Out in Love

Love is ro.a.l) the +ost +isun(erstoo(

*or( in the *orl(0


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How Can we Love? ;he .i.le gives us@ &ractical Ste s3

$0 E: erience Go(/s LoveEphesians 3:17 and f says;

“ I ra) that 6hrist *ill .e +ore an( +ore atho+e in )our hearts, living *ithin )ou as )outrust in %i+0 Ma) )our roots go (o*n (ee intothe soil of Go(/s +arvelous love an( +a) )ou.e a.le to feel an( understand, as all chil(ren shoul(, ho* long, ho* *i(e, ho* (ee ,an( ho* high %is love reall) is an( toexperience this love for )ourselves”


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Because unlove(eo le are often

unloving eo le!


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ohn $@3$" 1 “ Love eachother as I have lovedyou”


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How Can we Love? ;he .i.legives us @ &ractical Ste s3

"0 Forgive our Ene+iesColossians 3:13 says: “Forgivewhatever grievance you may haveagainst one another. Forgive as theLord forgave you.”


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ou cannot give total love *hen )our heart is

(ivi(e(0 An( a .itter heart is a (ivi(e( heart0

“Forgiveness is the na+e of love ractice( a+ongeo le *ho love oorl)0 ;he har( truth is that all

eo le love oorl)0


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D0 ;hin- Loving ;houghts

&hil "321@ sa)s “4on/t >ust thin- a.out

)our o*n a airs, .ut .e intereste( inothers too an( in *hat the) are (oing0

our attitu(e shoul( .e the -in( that *assho*n us .) esus 6hrist”


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%urt eo le hurteo le0


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How Can we Love? ;he .i.le givesus @ &ractical Ste s3

. Act in Love

!t is easier to act your way into afeeling than to feel your way into anaction.

Lu-e 3 " 1" 3 “Love )our ene+ies (o goo( to


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Lu-e 3 1 3 Love )our ene+ies, (o goo( tothose *ho hate )ou, .less those *ho curse )ou,

ra) for those *ho +istreat )ou”

Love your ene ies! overloo- his faults an( .e atientDo "ood! loo- for *a)s to serve the+ an( +eet theirnee(sBless the 1 a .lessing is a ositive *or( s o-en to or

a.out others0


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". E: ect the Best

$ 6or $D3 sa)s, “If )ou love so+eoneH)ou *ill al*a)s .elieve in hi+, al*a)se: ect the .est of hi+” 8;LB9

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#ope +rancis said“ I resent therefore thisE:traor(inar) u.ilee ear (e(icate(to living out in our (ail) lives the+erc) *hich the Father constantl)

e:ten(s to all of us0 In this u.ileeear, let us allo* Go( to sur rise us0

%e never tires of thro*ing o en the

(oors of his heart an( re eats that


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