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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.

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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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 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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There are lots of things we're able to do, but I'd like to land on the one thing I was MADE to do.
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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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I learned that faith isn’t about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It’s something more, something more costly because it involves being present and making a sacrifice.
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People who take huge risks aren't afraid to fail. In fact, they love to fail. It's because failing means they found the edge.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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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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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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Our failures can leave behind pavement or potholes. Our ability to receive grace determines which it will be.
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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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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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The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we've learned about love.
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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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Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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