People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
BOB GOFFGrace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about 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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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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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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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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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 get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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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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We won’t figure out what’s sacred in life if we settle for what’s safe.
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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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