People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
BOB GOFFJesus never told His friends to play it safe.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
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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 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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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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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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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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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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When love is a theory, it’s safe, it’s free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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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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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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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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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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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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