God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
BOB GOFFThat’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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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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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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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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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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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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I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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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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