When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
BOB GOFFFor those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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Simply put: love does.
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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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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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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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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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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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Great love leaves little doubt.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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Love is never stationary.
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I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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Grace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
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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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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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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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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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I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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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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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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