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.
BOB GOFFWe keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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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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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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Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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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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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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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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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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