We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
BOB GOFFWe can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
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I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
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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.
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When love is a theory, it’s safe, it’s free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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I learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
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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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Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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Simply put: love does.
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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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