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 GOFFI know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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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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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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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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Living a life fully engaged in 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.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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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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We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
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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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