Live in Grace, Walk in Love Quotes

“Love cares more about who's hurting than who's watching.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“We won't convince people with our arguments or Bible verses; we'll move them with the kind of sacrificial love that precludes every other explanation.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“Jesus told us success looks like service. It looks like putting other people first”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“Bright lights don’t need spotlights.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“DON’T LET WHAT YOU’RE AFRAID OF KEEP YOU FROM WHAT YOU WERE MADE FOR.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“The power of love is in the sacrifice and commitment it requires. Sacrifice and commitment always travel with love and action. Love looks like showing up with hands to help even when we don’t know what to do. Love looks like stopping by even if we don’t know what to say. Simply put, love doesn’t just think about it; love does it.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“Did you know it's almost impossible to be defensive when we sit with our palms facing upward? Try it! Right now. Sit with your feet flat on the floor and your hands resting on your legs with your palms up. The position of our bodies and the position of our hearts are connected, so it's hard to be angry while sitting in a posture of welcome.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“When I think someone ought to be more loving, it's usually me.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“It is rooted in believing we ourselves are loved and being self-aware enough to realize we all have a few rough edges we’re working to smooth out.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“How do we make joy a habit in our everyday lives so our reflex is always love for the people around us? I can’t think of a better way than gratitude. When we’re intentional about giving thanks for everything we come across, we can’t help but feel joy over the pure gift of another day. And when our joy has become a habit, our love becomes a way of living.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“No one is completely defined by their knowledge or what they've accomplished. At the end of each of our lives, if you ask the people who knew us what they'll miss the most, it'll be the small ways we loved the people around us. It'll be the memories we made and the big mess-ups we walked through together. It will be our kindness, not our qualifications, that outlast us. It will be the time we unsuccessfully tried to wrap a puppy up for Christmas, not the perfect vacation we planned or the raise we got. It will be the fire we started by mistake in the house while trying to make indoor s'mores during a storm. We won't be missed because of the lectures we gave or arguments we won. We'll be missed because someone will want to call us to share a joy from the day and remember we're no longer there to share the celebration.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“If we make the holidays about parties and presents alone, we’ll miss Jesus on His birthday. Let’s celebrate Christmas the way Jesus would want us to: by putting people first and being generous with our love.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“No one can take from us what we're willing to freely give.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“Fear calls out our doubts, but God calls out our names. The dreams He put in your heart are dreams He still wants to fulfill through you today.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“If we’re never willing to get real, we’ll never really be known, and if we’re never known, it’s hard to feel truly loved for who we actually are.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“No book is a chapter, and no chapter tells the whole story. The same is true in our lives: no mistake defines who we are. God sees our mistakes in light of the grace that will turn them into stories of redemption. We’re not in the first chapter, and most of us aren’t in the last one. We’re somewhere in the middle. Hope makes our lives page-turners. Every good story has some unexpected twists, and even the best hero might lose her way for a few chapters. Don’t worry about it. God is writing more chapters. He has the power to turn the story around with us. Don’t let one bad chapter (or five) convince you that you know your whole story. You’re in one of those middle chapters. There are more to come.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“I want to live so much in awe of what is going on around me, there will be no time to live in judgment of the people around me.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“Maybe you're bummed to hear this, but a casserole or a bag of In-n-Out Burgers say more than any five sermons on how Jesus loved us.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD, HE SHOWED THAT OUR LIVES ARE THE BEST SERMON WE’VE GOT. PILE ON LOVE INSTEAD OF PILING UP WORDS.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“I joined a bunch of Bible studies when I started following Jesus. Everyone around me was in at least one, so I thought there must be some rule or eleventh commandment and I had just missed it. We sat in circles, and I assumed we'd either start making friendship bracelets or start talking about Jesus. We ate chips and cookies, and I heard lots of opinions about every social topic, about whether it's okay to watch rated R movies, and about what words meant in Greek and Hebrew. It wasn't long before I started to feel bored with the whole thing.
That's when some friends and I started a 'Bible Doing' group. We read what Jesus said and then schemed ways to actually go and do those things. It might sound strange, but think about it: Jesus never said, 'Study Me.' He said, 'Follow Me.' Jesus invited us to find people who don't have food and to get them something to eat. He said to hang out with people in prison. He said if you know someone who doesn’t have a place to stay, help them find one. He was all about doing things for widows and orphans, not becoming informed about them. Following Jesus is way more exciting than studying Him. Do we need to know the Scriptures? You bet. But don't stop there. Our faith can start to get confusing and boring when we exercise it by debating about it.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“Your face might not be on the cover and your song might not be on the charts, but you'll be more humble. It won't be our successes that point people toward Jesus; it will be our kindness.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“God isn't wowed by fancy words. He delights in humble hearts.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“If our heads are full and our hearts are empty, we'll just tip over.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“It’s never too late to do what you were made to do. You didn’t make a wrong turn before; you merely turned into someone else. Go with it. It might mean a career change, or it might simply mean shifting your schedule to prioritize your newfound passions. Whatever it looks like at this stage of your life, figure out what you were made to do and then do a lot of that.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“You not only have the freedom to make the changes you need to make; you must. With the urgency of a rock in your shoe you haven’t stopped to take out, act on the ache you feel when you see someone else living out the story you always wanted—the story you were made to live.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“We don’t need to do what we’re merely capable of doing. The trick is to figure out what we were made to do and then make some changes to keep current with who we’ve become. We’re all constantly changing. We’re new creations. It’s supposed to be this way. Don’t resist the change. Go with it. Don’t be limited by what you excel at. Ask God to show you what the newest version of you was made to do.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“We won’t know what needs to happen at mile twenty-two until we get there. Some people delight in this, but most spend too much energy feeling anxious about a mile marker they haven’t yet arrived at. Does that sound like you? Usually the things we worry about the most don’t happen anyway. We fear there will be disaster only to find balloons when we arrive.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“Here’s the thing: we encounter God all over again every time we’re desperate enough to realize we’re not actually in charge.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey

“God created you with unique gifts and ignited the passions He put in your heart for a reason—don’t let fear steal your opportunities and leave you on the sidelines wishing you’d tried. Do what you believe you were created to do. Is it possible it won’t work? You bet. Fail trying, don’t fail watching.”
― Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey