I think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we see injustice, we come, not with fists clenched but with palms up.
BOB GOFFWe won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He’s asking us, ‘Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?’
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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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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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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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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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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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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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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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When you are in high school, you don’t give much thought to what you can’t do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.
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Simply put: love does.
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Jesus 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.
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