I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
BOB GOFFMost people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
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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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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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Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
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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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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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Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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We’ll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
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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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