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.
BOB GOFFI used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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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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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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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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A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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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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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us.
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The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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