The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
BOB GOFFDo what lasts, get around to everything else.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
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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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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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Not surprisingly, we’d get a lot more done too, because we wouldn’t care who’s looking or taking credit. All that energy would be funnelled into awesomeness.
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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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I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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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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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
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Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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