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.
BOB GOFFI used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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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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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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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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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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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
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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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Love is never stationary.
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Not surprisingly, we’d get a lot more done too, because we wouldn’t care who’s looking or taking credit. All that energy would be funnelled into awesomeness.
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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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