Bob Goff Quotes
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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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Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn't even write them down.
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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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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. 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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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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It's easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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Don't let other people decide who you are.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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Our opinions are what we'll be known for; our love is what we'll be remembered for.
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Love like there's no tomorrow; live like there's no yesterday. We're forgiven; now go love people like we believe it.
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We don't really make friends, they make us.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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That's one of the things about love. It doesn't recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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Don't let who you were talk you out of who you are becoming.
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Courageous people feel the same fear everyone else does, they just decide to not be afraid anymore.
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Does the church have all kinds of problems? You bet, because it's made up of people like me, so I get that part too. But all I need to know about the church is that Jesus picked her.
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I want to go barefoot because it’s holy ground; I want to be running because time is short and none of us has as much runway as we think we do; and I want it to be a fight because that’s where we can make a difference. That’s what love does.
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When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
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The thing I love about God is He intentionally guides people into failure.
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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When love is a theory, it's safe, it's free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.