The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
BOB GOFFDay turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
More Bob Goff Quotes
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What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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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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For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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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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The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, “Let’s go do that together.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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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.
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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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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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