Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
BOB GOFFSurround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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What I noticed, though, is almost every time I type the word love, it gets changed to the word live…
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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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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The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
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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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Great love leaves little doubt.
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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