I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
BOB GOFFThe world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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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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Stop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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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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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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I think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we see injustice, we come, not with fists clenched but with palms up.
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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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When love is a theory, it’s safe, it’s free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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