Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
BOB GOFFLove like there’s no tomorrow; live like there’s no yesterday. We’re forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
More Bob Goff Quotes
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We’ll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
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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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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
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Not surprisingly, we’d get a lot more done too, because we wouldn’t care who’s looking or taking credit. All that energy would be funnelled into awesomeness.
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The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
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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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I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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Stop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
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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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We won’t figure out what’s sacred in life if we settle for what’s safe.
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I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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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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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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God isn’t afraid of our doubts; He’s way more concerned when we fake it.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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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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We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
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The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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