We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
BOB GOFFInsecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
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God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
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Stop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
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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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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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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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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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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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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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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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Living a life fully engaged in 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.
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