It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
BOB GOFFFigure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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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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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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We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We’ll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
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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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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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I 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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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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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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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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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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