See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
BOB GOFFCourage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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Simply put: love does.
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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He’s more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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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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The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
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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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We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
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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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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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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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When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
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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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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
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Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
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Not 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.
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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 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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