Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
BOB GOFFJesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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Stop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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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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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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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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