Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
BOB GOFFHe 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?’
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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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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We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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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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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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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 think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we see injustice, we come, not with fists clenched but with palms up.
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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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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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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.
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God’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
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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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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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I once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I’ve always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good,
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