God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
BOB GOFFSelfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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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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Great love leaves little doubt.
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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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Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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I learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
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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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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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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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