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How to Conquer Fear & Weakness, and Live in Peace
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend We live in a fearful world where chaos reigns. Sometimes it seems as if everything around us is falling apart. We may feel that we are the only one who has to suffer and struggle with life; others around us seem to have everything together, and are on top of the world. Not true! Each person has their share of problems in this life, whether they are poor and unknown or rich and famous. No person is immune to the trials of life which cause fear,…
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Integrity is crucial to personal development…
Jesus once said, “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26). Jesus wasn’t talking about eternal loss of the soul in this instance but the present loss of soul by living a life void of integrity. What is integrity? We often think of integrity as telling the truth, but it goes much further than that; it is a matter of not only telling the truth but living the truth in every action of life. It is doing what you say you will do and even in the smaller matters of being punctual, being there when you say you…
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Only Three Feet From The Gold…
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend One of the most important books ever written on personal development was “Think and grow rich” written by Napoleon Hill in 1937. Below is an excerpt from this great book, an actual true story that demonstrates how close people often come to reaching their goals in life only to quit just before they reach them. “One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one…