Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
BOB GOFFI 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,
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, “Let’s go do that together.
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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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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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Living a life fully engaged in 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.
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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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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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
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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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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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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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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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