Bob Goff Quotes
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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche.
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That's all the information I need to know about the church, Jesus picked it. And so instead of me telling the church how she would really look better if she had this in her hair, or that over there, I think I'm just respecting the Groom's pick.
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When we love people but don't make it about us, we're exchanging currency we can use for a while for currency we can use forever.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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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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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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We'll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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Start from scratch with Jesus every day and then be picky about what you add to your life.
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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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Most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear. Figure out who's doing the talking, then decide what you'll do.
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See people for who they're becoming. Not who they were.
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Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.
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When love is a theory, it's safe, it's free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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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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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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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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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.
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We won't figure out what's sacred in life if we settle for what's safe.
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We won't be distracted by comparison if we're captivated with purpose.
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We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We'll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
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God's never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.