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Bob Goff
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March 25 - December 31, 2021
Try this: start from scratch with Jesus every day and then be careful about what you add after that.
Don’t let who you were decide who you’ll be.
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 JOHN 4:18
But faith without works is a sailboat without a sail.
Life with Jesus feels a lot like those road trips. God doesn’t give us detailed maps to follow; He gives us people to go with. It doesn’t matter which direction we go, because He’s more concerned about who we become along the way than where we
go with our lives. And the people around us are the ones who will shape us—they’ll remind us who we are and what’s most important when we get off track.
Who are the friends you call to ride shotgun with you in life?
God made some of us sensitive and others analytical, some slender and some burly, some soft-spoken and some rambunctious.
The more beauty we find in someone else’s life, the less we’ll want to compare it to our own.
God doesn’t want us to live in fear; He wants us to engage the world with love.
When it matters more what our faith looks like than what it is, it’s time to start over.
Most of us get frustrated by interruptions because we think they get in the way of the real work we’re supposed to be doing. But Jesus didn’t see it that way. When Jesus experienced an interruption, He saw people in need.
Loving people wasn’t something on Jesus’ to-do list or something to squeeze into His schedule when He had time.
Jesus showed us love isn’t something we do; it’s someone we become.
Art is usually the overflow of beautiful, intense feelings people carry inside them.
What have you been criticizing, and when will you stop?
“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
It isn’t necessarily a bad thing when we choose to live among people who look like us, or go to church with members who think like us, but we might not realize we’ve slowly been cutting out the people who are different from us. And those who are different from us are often the
ones we need to learn from the most.
Instead of huddling with people who make us comfortable, let’s seek out those who are different so o...
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When our insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures, remember grace isn’t keeping score. It doesn’t even start counting.
Grace doesn’t work if we’re concerned about getting our fair share. God’s grace is infinite and unending.
As difficult as it can be, the only way to multiply love in the world is to let go of the wrong done to us. We don’t need to minimize it or make excuses for people; we just need to see their failures alongside our own record that Jesus wiped clean. When we become people who extend forgiveness, especially when it’s costly or hard, we’ll be well on our way to loving like Jesus.
Don’t cut people off from the source of love when they lose their way. Draw them in close and breathe life back into them like Jesus did when He was here.
WHEN I THINK SOMEONE OUGHT TO BE MORE LOVING, IT’S USUALLY ME.
Don’t leave it to someone else to do the loving for you.
Plant grace by the acre.
What would it look like for you to share a meal with someone who genuinely creeps you out?
I know what Goff is saying;however, this is not good advice for a woman who is genuinely creeped out. We, women, are taught to be kind…sometimes we must go with our gut and walk away!!!
Just be love and it’ll light up everything.
Failure or not, we all need voices that shine light on dreams.
The world is desperate for people who do this. Be one of them.
There’s no challenge we can’t face when we’ve got friends who’ve got our backs.
Whatever you have to give, give it lavishly and generously. Be a little reckless with your love. We’re rivers, not reservoirs.
We’re bound together by love, not a bunch of opinions. Don’t waste your time trying to convince people to agree with you. Band together in spreading love instead, and you’ll find that the arguments that can tear us apart don’t matter that much anymore.
All we have to do is give away all the love He’s poured into us. Give of yourself without an agenda, and His love will speak for itself.
