Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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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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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.
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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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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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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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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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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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Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
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Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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God’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
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I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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