Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those “we’ll go there next time” deferrals.
BOB GOFFSee people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us.
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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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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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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What would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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