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 GOFFCynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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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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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
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Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
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Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us.
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One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
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God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, “Let’s go do that together.
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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