God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
BOB GOFFI don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Love like there’s no tomorrow; live like there’s no yesterday. We’re forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
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God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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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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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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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.
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We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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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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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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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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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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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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