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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 Goff

We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He’s more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.
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Character Growing Looks
God isn’t afraid of our doubts; He’s way more concerned when we fake it.
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Doubt Fake Way
God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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Foundation God Holes Search
Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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Criticism Kind Wish
Here’s our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!
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Believer Everybody Jobs
The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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Believe Figures World
Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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Ordinary People Water Wine
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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God Religious Thinking
Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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Dark Hands Prayer
You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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Needs Plans Present
One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
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Jesus Month Realize School Zero
Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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Action Doubt Mean
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?’
BOB GOFF

Ask Cause Define Eyes Proud Thing
What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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Define Needs Pitch Swings
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.
BOB GOFF

Attitude Dream Love Something
We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We’ll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
BOB GOFF

Asking Heart Opinion

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.

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