You can quit anything on a Thursday.
BOB GOFFThe way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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Love like there’s no tomorrow; live like there’s no yesterday. We’re forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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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 finds us where we are, not where we were.
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
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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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What would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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