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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big

Bob Goff

What would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
BOB GOFF

Answer Loving People School Sunday
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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Bigs Next Signals Steps
That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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Boundaries Giving Trying
Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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Grace Track Writing
I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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Failing Matter Succeed
Love is never stationary.
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Find Love Stationary
We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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Energy Forget Remember
God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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Accomplishment Humble Titles
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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Moving Rivers Streams
Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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Come Left People
I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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Doors Thinking Want
Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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Confused Jesus Life Love
I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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Made Ourselves Success Thinking
We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
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Arrive Jesus Moving Son
People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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Joy People Want
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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Ends Knowing Waiting

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