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 GOFFFigure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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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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They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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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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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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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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God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, “Let’s go do that together.
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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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If we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
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