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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,

Bob Goff

Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
BOB GOFF

Giving Reason Trying
If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
BOB GOFF

Bigs Next Signals Steps
We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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Answers Asking People
When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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Feels Humble Needs
The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
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Cards People Way
Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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Come Left People
The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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Believe People Way
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.
BOB GOFF

Doors Thinking Want
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.
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Church Fists Thinking
The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
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Teacher Teaching Thinking
It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
BOB GOFF

Broken God Religious Work
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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Character Growing Looks
We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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God People Plan World
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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Awesomeness Everyone Somehow Surprise
What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
BOB GOFF

Define Needs Pitch Swings
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 GOFF

Jesus Month Realize School Zero

God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,

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