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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

You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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Needs Plans Present
Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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Jesus Prompt Surround Yourself
God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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Christian Faith God
I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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Important People Thinking
The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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Believe Figures World
What I noticed, though, is almost every time I type the word love, it gets changed to the word live…
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Change Jesus Kind Type
What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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Delight Jesus Prayer
That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
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Assuming Express Way
When you are in high school, you don’t give much thought to what you can’t do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.
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Giving Life Rest School
Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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Giving Reason Trying
I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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Different Sound Stuff
God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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Felt Knows Made
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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God Religious Thinking
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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Enough God Perhaps Somebody Tells Wants
It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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Greatest Information Love People
Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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Chalk Grace Mean
Grace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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Grace Mean Needs
The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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Give Up Jesus Pride Real
It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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Easy Fall Lasts
Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.
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Information Needs Passion
I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
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Know never Next Steps
We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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Annoy Everybody Leaving Light World
Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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Courageous Grace Resolve
I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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Jesus Thinking Want
Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
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Brave Darkness Light
Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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Animal Better God
…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.
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Differences Land Making Remember

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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