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.
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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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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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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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
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That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
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Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those “we’ll go there next time” deferrals.
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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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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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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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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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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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