We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
BOB GOFFThe shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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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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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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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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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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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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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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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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I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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Love is never stationary.
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I’m all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I’ve been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don’t have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.
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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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