See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
BOB GOFFCynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.
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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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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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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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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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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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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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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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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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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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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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