Jennifer Dukes Lee Quotes

#1. The art of happy-making begins when we find our happiness within instead of without.

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#2. Happiness isn't a destination. It's a journey. And sometimes the journey is hard.

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#3. Jesus' fathomless love changes how you and I will live in our moments, how we'll love in our neighborhoods, and what we'll be known for in eternity.

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#4. We slay the Love Idol at the site of the Crucifixion, nailing it to the cross.

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#5. Cicero said that gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. If that's true, then my happiness does not cause me to be grateful for what I have. My gratitude for what I have causes me to be happy. Gratitude births the virtue of happiness.

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#6. In God, happiness and purposeful work are a package deal.

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#7. I have decided. I want to be about the cause of Jesus. I want to follow Christ, not the crowd.

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#8. Christ continually shouts through the universe, "You have a love that is already yours. You have nothing to prove to anyone. You have nothing to prove to Me. You are significant and preapproved and utterly cherished. Not because you are 'good,' but because you are Mine.

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#9. People in Haiti eat dirt because it gives their starving bodies a false sense of satisfaction. But mud pies don't fill. They merely mask real hunger. [...] I saw the mud pies as a metaphor for the life of any Christian who has ever looked to something or someone other than God for fulfillment.

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#10. Until you are convinced of God's incredible love for you, you will continue looking for replacement love everywhere but in the heart of Christ.

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#11. Some people talk about "finding God," but that seemed like a severely inaccurate description of what I was experiencing. It felt more like God was finding me. He wasn't the lost one - I was. I

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