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.
BOB GOFFI 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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Simply put: love does.
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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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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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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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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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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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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