Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
BOB GOFFGod finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He’s asking us, ‘Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?’
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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Not surprisingly, we’d get a lot more done too, because we wouldn’t care who’s looking or taking credit. All that energy would be funnelled into awesomeness.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those “we’ll go there next time” deferrals.
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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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I learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
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