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Liveingracewalkinlove Septoct.Pdf LIVE IN GRACE, WALK IN LOVE LiveinGrace_1P.indd 1 5/22/19 3:48 PM LiveinGrace_1P.indd 2 5/22/19 3:48 PM LIVE IN GRACE, LIVE IN WALK IN LOVE GRACE, A 365-DAY JOURNEY WALK IN BOB GOFF LOVE A 365-DAY JOURNEY BOB GOFF LiveinGrace_1P.indd 3 5/22/19 3:48 PM © 2019 Bob Goff All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other— except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson. Nelson Books and Thomas Nelson are registered trademarks of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc. The author is represented by Alive Literary Agency, www.aliveliterary.com. Thomas Nelson titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fund- raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e- mail [email protected]. Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.Zondervan.com. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.® Any Internet addresses, phone numbers, or company or product information printed in this book are offered as a resource and are not intended in any way to be or to imply an endorsement by Thomas Nelson, nor does Thomas Nelson vouch for the existence, content, or services of these sites, phone numbers, companies, or products beyond the life of this book. ISBN 978-1-4002-0378-9 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-4002-0377-2 (HC) Library of Congress Control Number: 2019939195 Printed in the United States of America 19 20 21 22 23 LSC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 LiveinGrace_1P.indd 4 5/22/19 3:48 PM SEPTEMBER 291 LiveinGrace_1P.indd 291 5/22/19 3:48 PM 244. WHEN WE REALIZE GOD NAMES US, WE’RE FREE TO CHASE AFTER WHAT MATTERS. We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you. 1 THESSALONIANS 1:4 I’m on the cusp of the grandpa stage of life, and I’m over the moon about it. My mind often drifts to the mischief I want to get into with my grandkids. I think about banana splits for breakfast and skydiving on sixteenth birthdays. Rock climbing and motorcycle jumping. And hot air balloons. Several of them. My kids know exactly what kind of grandpa they’re kids are getting, and I’m sure that scares them just a tad. I also want to be a wise counselor and help my grandkids chase the things that matter and not get too focused on being popular or rich or famous or good- looking. In other words, I hope to instill a joy in being exactly who God created them to be. Who knows? This might eventually mean they are popular or rich or good- looking, but those aren’t the best pursuits. They’re secondhand outcomes. I want them to be rich in friendships and people who wouldn’t trade being kind and courageous for being merely popular or good- looking. The pressure to conform starts early, on elementary school playgrounds and at sleepovers with classmates. It gains steam when we’re made fun of for standing out, when our shoes are a little worn, or we can’t stay out past the street lights. For some of us, it takes a lifetime to unlearn the messaging we received that we’d be more worthy of love if we were a little more like the popular kids and less like ourselves. What I’m excited to tell my grandkids, every day for as long as they’ll listen, is this: other people don’t get to decide who they are. God decides who we are. He names us, and He calls us His beloved. What do you think God feels toward you? 292 LiveinGrace_1P.indd 292 5/22/19 3:48 PM 245. IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO FIT IN, REMEMBER THAT JESUS SAYS YOU’RE ALREADY IN. I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge— that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. EPHESIANS 3:17–19 Like most parents, I was determined to be an all- star dad when my kids were born, but I didn’t know what exactly an all- star dad looked like. So I turned to parenting books for answers. After devouring all the books for new parents I could find, I learned there were heated debates raging in the world of parenting styles I had never even thought about. Experts warred with one another about whether to soothe an upset child, how to tuck them in at night, when to quit nursing, how to potty train, how to raise athletic children. By the time I finished my research, I was more confused about raising kids than I had been before I started. We spend a lot of time trying to live into the rules people set for us. Some of these rules seem wise, but others equally arbitrary. None of these rules measure up to the power the love of Jesus has for us. Raising boys, I realized early on it didn’t matter if they grew into college football stars as long as they learned to live in grace like Jesus. And my wife and I learned we didn’t need to worry about whether our daughter became the president; we just wanted her to walk in love like Jesus. Not long after the kids arrived we started getting together with other young families. It’s hard not to compare your kid to everyone else’s. Ours were learning to walk and someone else’s were running laps on the track. Ours said their first word and someone else’s had just memorized every past president’s middle name. 293 LiveinGrace_1P.indd 293 5/22/19 3:48 PM The thing about God is this: He never compares what He creates. We’ll never be like Jesus if it’s more important for us to be like each other. Stack up all the pressure you’re feeling to be something different and ask your- self whether the image looks like Jesus. If it does, you’re moving in the right direction. If not, then spend some time examining His beautiful life and make Him what you compare everything to. Who do you compare yourself to? Why? 294 LiveinGrace_1P.indd 294 5/22/19 3:48 PM 246. STAND IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR THAT REFLECTS JESUS BACK TO YOU. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. PSALM 139:14 When my kids were younger, we loved going to the pop- up carnivals that would come through town. One day there’s a field or an empty parking lot, and the next day there’s a Ferris wheel, a Tilt- a- Whirl, really unhealthy food, and a forest of games. My sons, Adam and Richard, always darted to the most life- threatening roller coaster. My daughter, Lindsey, was in for the games with massive stuffed animals I’d strap to the roof of the car. I was always stopping by the person guessing weight to get the truth of things. Maria just liked to watch all of us with so much joy. One thing we all loved was the House of Mirrors. Before we sprinted to our favorite spots, we’d all go through together giggling that dad was nine feet tall, that mom’s feet looked like skis, that Richard’s muscles made him look totally ripped. We had fun with the momentary transformations. But what would happen if we lived every day in front of a funhouse mirror? Would we start to believe we could bench press five hundred pounds even if our arms were as skinny as ski poles? Would we be tricked into thinking we could dunk a basketball even if we were four feet tall? While it’s fun to imagine yourself differently, don’t get trapped in a life of thinking you need to be different. God says you were fearfully and wonder- fully made. He doesn’t want us to be a better version of us. He want us to be a more accurate reflection of Him. God wants you stand in front of the mirror that reflects a life like His. What parts of you do you think God likes? 295 LiveinGrace_1P.indd 295 5/22/19 3:48 PM 247. IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHO YOU’VE BECOME, HEAD IN A NEW DIRECTION AND GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME AND GRACE. Now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12 John Newton became a Christian when a storm struck his ship as it was return- ing from a trip to Africa. He decided to follow Jesus in 1748, and he stepped off his ship in England a new man.
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