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“When you don’t know whom you’re trying to please, you cave in to three things: criticism (because you are concerned about what others will think of you), competition (because you worry about whether somebody else is getting ahead of you), and conflict (because you’re threatened when anyone disagrees with you).”
― Rick Warren, God's Answers to Life's Difficult Questions: Principles for Successful Living

“Walking by faith is never easy. Especially when it’s being tested day after day. All I can say is that giving up is not the answer.”
― Francis Ray, The Turning Point

“Lord, sometimes I feel abandoned, as though no one understands or cares about me. Please show me that you really are near and that you see and hear everything that happens. Refresh me with your presence even when I am walking through a desert experience. And help me, in turn, to comfort others when they feel hopeless and alone. In Jesus' name. Amen.”
― Ann Spangler, Women of the Bible: A One-year Devotional Study of Women in Scripture

“Whether you are living in a wilderness of poverty or loneliness or sorrow, God's promises, love, and protection are just as available to you now as they were to Hagar.”
― Ann Spangler, Women of the Bible: A One-year Devotional Study of Women in Scripture