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    Messages of Encouragement: Inspirational Stories of Triumph over Challenges
    Messages of Encouragement: Inspirational Stories of Triumph over Challenges
    Messages of Encouragement: Inspirational Stories of Triumph over Challenges
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    Messages of Encouragement: Inspirational Stories of Triumph over Challenges

    By Pauline Hayes Tonsil

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    I m struggling to maintain my happiness.
    Life is presenting more conflicts than I expected.
    I am confronted by challenges in my thoughts, efforts, and dreams.
    If any of these phrases have risen in you heart and mind, its time to be encouraged!

    Messages of Encouragement provide inspirational words and stories of triumph over trials to uplift every reader. Our busy, complicated lives sometimes send us through situations - some small, some large - that challenges our faith, shake our courage, and threaten our strength. It may all seem like more than one heart can handle. But be encouraged! As the old saying goes, What one heart cannot bear alone, a hundred loving hearts can bear with faith. ( Unity- Charles and Myrtle Fillmore). Challenges can turn into triumphs as Mark 11:24 states, Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye received them, and ye shall have them (KJV).
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    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMar 17, 2014
    ISBN9781491873076
    Messages of Encouragement: Inspirational Stories of Triumph over Challenges
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    Pauline Hayes Tonsil

    Dr. Pauline Hayes Tonsil holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Virginia State University, a Master of Science in Management from Florida Institute of Technology, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Education with a specialization in Higher Education Administration from Capella University. She is also author of the books: School Reform, Finance and Law (May 2003) and Ways to Finance a College Education (September 2005). Dr. Tonsil makes her home in Maryland, but continues fellowship as a member of the Olive Branch Baptist Church in Dinwiddie, Virginia, and First Baptist Church of Atlanta, in Atlanta, Georgia. Every challenge motivates me to work harder; knowing that opportunities for growth and success are my rewards. — Pauline Hayes Tonsil, Author

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      Messages of Encouragement - Pauline Hayes Tonsil

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      © 2014 Pauline Hayes Tonsil, PhD. All rights reserved.

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      Published by AuthorHouse 03/28/2014

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      Contents

      Dedication

      Introduction

      Childhood Memories

      The Joy Of A Sister

      Strength & Blessings: A Homeless Tale

      Watch Out: You’re Accountable for Character and Reputation

      When You Have Challenges In Life, These Words of God Will Always Keep You Safe

      Things Can Change

      When You Feel Alone and Nothing Seems to Change

      Keep Your Thoughts Positive in Times of Trouble: Let Go and Let God

      A Prayer for Healing, Peace, and Comfort

      The Shaky Tree

      Strength To Meet Life Experiences

      Knowing Someone Loves You Is the Greatest Gift of All

      My Mother and Me

      To Forgive and Love Is From God

      To My Dear Friend: Have a Wonderful Birthday!

      The Heart of a Child

      Realizing Your Dreams

      Your Higher Calling: God’s Plan

      Look Beyond, Be Patient, and Be Still

      My Cousin, My Friend, and My Sister in Christ

      Blessing and Work

      What is Success?

      Faith and Grace

      Calm and Peace: For Our Beloved Friend, Harry Winston

      Prayers for Our Troops

      Why Waste Your Talent There?

      Don’t Be Anything Less Than Everything You Can Be

      It’s About Being Happy, So Enjoy Life!

      In Your Lifetime

      Triumph Over Challenges- It’s time to be encouraged!

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      Every challenge motivates me to work harder; knowing that opportunities for growth and success are my rewards.

      — Pauline Hayes Tonsil, Author

      What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived—the things God has prepared for those who love Him—these are the things God has revealed to us by His Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except his own spirit within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

      —1 Corinthians 2: 9-12 NIV

      We struggle and work hard, because we have placed our hope in the Living God who is the Savior of all and especially of those who believe.

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