Rob Bell
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Really?
Really?
Wow. Wow.
Wow. Wow.
Yes.
Yes.
That everything you are working and striving for, you already have. That so often we're working, sweating, clinging, grasping, striving to feel worthy enough. And the fundamental good news, what's called the gospel, is the announcement that you're loved exactly as you are. You don't have to do anything. You're already a daughter of the divine. You're already a son of the divine.
That everything you are working and striving for, you already have. That so often we're working, sweating, clinging, grasping, striving to feel worthy enough. And the fundamental good news, what's called the gospel, is the announcement that you're loved exactly as you are. You don't have to do anything. You're already a daughter of the divine. You're already a son of the divine.
You're already in. There's this great line in the story of the prodigal son where the father says, you are always with me and everything I have is yours. It's interesting when you talk about, well, what do you think about God? I think in images, I think in lines, I think in pictures, and I think in like dialogue, like you are always with me and everything I have is yours.
You're already in. There's this great line in the story of the prodigal son where the father says, you are always with me and everything I have is yours. It's interesting when you talk about, well, what do you think about God? I think in images, I think in lines, I think in pictures, and I think in like dialogue, like you are always with me and everything I have is yours.
So all of the stuff that we do to feel like we measure up, that we're worth, it's all been taken care of. You're fine. Now, in response to that, let's make some stuff. Let's do something. Let's go do something. But then we're coming from a different place. And we're not doing this to prove something. We're not doing this to earn something.
So all of the stuff that we do to feel like we measure up, that we're worth, it's all been taken care of. You're fine. Now, in response to that, let's make some stuff. Let's do something. Let's go do something. But then we're coming from a different place. And we're not doing this to prove something. We're not doing this to earn something.
We're not doing this to somehow scratch some itch or stroke some part of the heart that desperately has been beaten down and doesn't know anything. You're okay. In all of your not togetherness, you're all fine. All the ways you've made a mess of it. It's okay. It's okay. All the ways we've screwed it up. Yeah. It's okay.
We're not doing this to somehow scratch some itch or stroke some part of the heart that desperately has been beaten down and doesn't know anything. You're okay. In all of your not togetherness, you're all fine. All the ways you've made a mess of it. It's okay. It's okay. All the ways we've screwed it up. Yeah. It's okay.
Yeah, although I say that in light of how people really suffer. Right, of course.
Yeah, although I say that in light of how people really suffer. Right, of course.
You've got food. So I've seen too much of the world. You're in Hollywood.
You've got food. So I've seen too much of the world. You're in Hollywood.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.