Stop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
BOB GOFFGrace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
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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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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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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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He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He’s asking us, ‘Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?’
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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you’ll figure out what you were made to do, because you’ll be great at some things and you’ll be terrible at others.
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