The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
BOB GOFFThe way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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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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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 doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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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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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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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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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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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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God isn’t afraid of our doubts; He’s way more concerned when we fake it.
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