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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.

Bob Goff

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Bob Goff
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 22
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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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That's one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you're an owner. Faith is at its best when it's that way too. It's best lived when it's owned.
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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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...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the do part of faith.
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Faith isn't figuring out what we're able to do, it's deciding what we're going to do - even when we think we can't.
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We won't be like Jesus if it's more important to us to be like each other. God doesn't compare what he creates.
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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence joy is hope let off the leash.
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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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The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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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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We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.
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There's a lot to be concerned about there's more to be hopeful for.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It's a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
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Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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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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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.
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