Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
BOB GOFFStop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
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We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He’s more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.
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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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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you’ll figure out what you were made to do, because you’ll be great at some things and you’ll be terrible at others.
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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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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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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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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
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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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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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