Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
BOB GOFFI don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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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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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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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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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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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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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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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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