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.
BOB GOFFLove doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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We won’t figure out what’s sacred in life if we settle for what’s safe.
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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 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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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
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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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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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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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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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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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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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