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.
BOB GOFFI 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
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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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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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When you are in high school, you don’t give much thought to what you can’t do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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I once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I’ve always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good,
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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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