Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
BOB GOFFJesus 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I’m all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I’ve been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don’t have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.
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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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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.
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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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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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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.
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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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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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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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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.
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Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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