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.
BOB GOFFNext to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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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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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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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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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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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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Love like there’s no tomorrow; live like there’s no yesterday. We’re forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
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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 used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
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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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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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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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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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