Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
BOB GOFFThe way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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I once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I’ve always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good,
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When love is a theory, it’s safe, it’s free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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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 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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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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