Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
BOB GOFFWe’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we see injustice, we come, not with fists clenched but with palms up.
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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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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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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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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God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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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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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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Simply put: love does.
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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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Here’s our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!
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What I noticed, though, is almost every time I type the word love, it gets changed to the word live…
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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What would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
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Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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We’ll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
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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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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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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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