Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
BOB GOFFWe won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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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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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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I’m all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I’ve been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don’t have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.
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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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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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That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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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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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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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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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He’s more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.
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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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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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Grace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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