Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
BOB GOFFDon’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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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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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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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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Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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God isn’t afraid of our doubts; He’s way more concerned when we fake it.
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
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I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
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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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