Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
BOB GOFFGod delights in answering our impossible prayers.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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Love is never stationary.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
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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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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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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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I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
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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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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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We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
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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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I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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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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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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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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God’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
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When you are in high school, you don’t give much thought to what you can’t do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.
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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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