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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.

Bob Goff

Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
BOB GOFF

Come Left People
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.
BOB GOFF

Give Up Jesus Pride Real
When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
BOB GOFF

Jesus Looks People Typical
Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
BOB GOFF

Giving Reason Trying
Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
BOB GOFF

Dark Hands Prayer
I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
BOB GOFF

Jesus Thinking Want
But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you’ll figure out what you were made to do, because you’ll be great at some things and you’ll be terrible at others.
BOB GOFF

Bible Instead Made Some Things
I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
BOB GOFF

Choose Talk Thinking Used
It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
BOB GOFF

Greatest Information Love People
Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
BOB GOFF

God Love Neighbor Stuff
That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
BOB GOFF

Boundaries Giving Trying
Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
BOB GOFF

Action Doubt Mean
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.
BOB GOFF

Anything Cost Love You Pursue
I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
BOB GOFF

Important People Thinking
…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
BOB GOFF

Differences Land Making Remember
We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
BOB GOFF

Certain might Remembered

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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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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