Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
BOB GOFFWe determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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 can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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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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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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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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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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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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I learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
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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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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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We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
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The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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