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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.

Bob Goff

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Bob Goff
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 22
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We'll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
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Don't save up love like you're trying to retire on it give it away like you're made of it.
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Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.
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I used to think that real love involved falling for someone but now I think it usually involves standing for someone.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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