Love is never stationary.
BOB GOFFNot 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Simply put: love does.
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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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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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I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
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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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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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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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He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He’s asking us, ‘Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?’
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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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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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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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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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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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