When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
BOB GOFFI once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I’ve always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good,
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I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
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We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
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A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
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I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
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God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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I think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we see injustice, we come, not with fists clenched but with palms up.
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