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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?’

Bob Goff

The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
BOB GOFF

Battle Calendars Heart
That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
BOB GOFF

Actual Cute Destructive Everything Prank Principle
That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
BOB GOFF

Anything Cost Love You Pursue
You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
BOB GOFF

Fighting Guy Running Somewhere
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
BOB GOFF

Absence Calling Shots
Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
BOB GOFF

Efficient Extravagant Trying
There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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Concerned Hopeful Lot More
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.
BOB GOFF

Faith Feels Ownership Way
God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
BOB GOFF

Circumstances Close God Instead
Here’s our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!
BOB GOFF

Believer Everybody Jobs
Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
BOB GOFF

Figures Fuel Joy
Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
BOB GOFF

Acceptance Healing Motivational
…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
BOB GOFF

Differences Land Making Remember
God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
BOB GOFF

Christian Faith God
I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
BOB GOFF

People Used Want
God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
BOB GOFF

Accomplishment Humble Titles

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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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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