What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
BOB GOFFEvery time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
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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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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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They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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