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.
BOB GOFFFor those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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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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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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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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I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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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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What would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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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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Grace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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