Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
BOB GOFFLiving a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those “we’ll go there next time” deferrals.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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Simply put: love does.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
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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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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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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.
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When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
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We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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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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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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Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
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