Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
BOB GOFFGod makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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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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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
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But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you’ll figure out what you were made to do, because you’ll be great at some things and you’ll be terrible at others.
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Simply put: love does.
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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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The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
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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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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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