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 GOFFNo book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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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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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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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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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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I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.
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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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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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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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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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God’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
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Not surprisingly, we’d get a lot more done too, because we wouldn’t care who’s looking or taking credit. All that energy would be funnelled into awesomeness.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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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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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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