God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
BOB GOFFWe need to wash the feet of our enemies.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.
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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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But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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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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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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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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