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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

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.
BOB GOFF

Give Up Jesus Pride Real
People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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Joy People Want
Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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Efficient Extravagant Trying
What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
BOB GOFF

Delight Jesus Prayer
Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
BOB GOFF

Emotion Find Love Trust
Love like there’s no tomorrow; live like there’s no yesterday. We’re forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
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Believe People Yesterday
Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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Criticism Kind Wish
Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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Courageous Grace Resolve
We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
BOB GOFF

God People Plan World
We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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Become Most Say Trust
Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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Jesus Mean People
Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
BOB GOFF

Already Amusement Circular Park Predictability Train
You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
BOB GOFF

Fighting Guy Running Somewhere
What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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Jesus Said Typical
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.
BOB GOFF

Kind Language Sacrifice Sign
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.
BOB GOFF

Failing Matter Succeed

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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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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