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.
BOB GOFFI don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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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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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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We’ll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
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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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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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I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
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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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Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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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 spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
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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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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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