Bob Goff is the Chief of Fun & Whimsy around here! He's a New York Times Best-Selling Author of Love Does, Everybody Always, and Dream Big as well the founder of Love Does, a nonprofit human rights organization operating in Uganda, India, Iraq, Nepal, Afghanistan and Somalia.
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WHAT DO YOU SEE?
A change in mindset -either how people view us or how we view
ourselves -is a process. It takes a ton of energy and support and
repetition to truly cause a significant shift in perspective.
I know it is not easy. I know many times the work you are doing to
create change will seem too difficult. But keep going and be gentle
about the time line. Many times deep inner work takes a while to
bloom on the surface. But the results are long lasting and the depth
of wisdom you will bring to new challenges in your life is priceless.
Joy in Action Moment:
Mark 8:24 -I see men like trees...
Read the healing story in Mark 8 and write about the process of
feeling more joy in your life.
Your Response:
Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.
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Psalm 126:5
Lord,sometimes discouragement comes out of nowhere
and overwhelms my sense of hope in what you are doing in my life.
I come to you Lord when I am weary
and
your Spirit
holds me close
your words whispers reminders in my ears
your people offer the hugs I need
to bring me back
to where I need to be.
Help me to never forget
the way you have provided for these times in my life
as if to say
there is no avoiding
this type of discouragement.
You show yourself mighty
even in this:
that you provide a way of escape
out of the discouragement
so that I can stand up under it.
Glory and honor and praise to you God,
my provider of all of my needs
physical
emotional
spiritual
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true,
there is life and joy."
-Proverbs 13:12
It seems to me that hope and dreams are intertwined. In the most
adverse circumstances that I have faced, I find that if I am able to hold
onto a little goal, a little dream, something that is placed just a bit
outside of the realm of the situation...
I can find a way to will myself forward.
Take one more step.
Not lose hope.
Today reflect on some of those times in your life where
You had no answers
You did not know which way to turn
You had no choice but to endure…
Yet somehow…
You found a little hope.
Joy in Action Moment:
What activity did you use to help you stand up under the weight of
the circumstance that was before you?
What was the thing you focused on?
What helped you to endure?
Your Response:
The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.
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Psalm 126:3
God surround me with people
who live in state of joy and gratitude
for the lives you have given them.
I know that I will dwell in places that those people around me dwell…
whether it be
joy and gratitude
or
bitterness and unforgiveness.
Help me to lovingly release people who
Choose
to live
in an unforgiving state of mind.
Help me to
look for
and
cultivate relationships with people
who are joy seekers.
I want a life that in drenched in the joy of your presence.
I know that in Your presence
I am promised
Fullness
of
joy
Joy is a state of mind.
The mind holds this tremendous power to navigate the way you
experience your daily life.
Your life is controlled by the thoughts you think.
I do not believe that we can merely wish things into existence.
I do believe that the things that we dwell on can either open or close
our minds and our hearts to further opportunities for more success in
our lives.
I also believe that what others impose upon us can hold a similar
consequence.
Joy in Action Moment:
Imagine walking into a situation where you are made to feel inferior. It
could a classroom or the workplace or even in your own family. You
know without a doubt that what the circumstance is feeding to your
brain is not true.
And one day you are finally out of that environment.
AND you actually move into a situation with people who recognize
your value.
How do you respond? Does your mind start to second guess the
correct assessment of your value? Why? How do you make the
decision to believe the truth?
Your Response:
