Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
BOB GOFFIt will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
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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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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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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
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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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But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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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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I’m all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I’ve been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don’t have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.
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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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