The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
BOB GOFFPeople who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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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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It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
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Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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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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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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That’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.
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Simply put: love does.
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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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