Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
BOB GOFFWhatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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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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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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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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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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We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We’ll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
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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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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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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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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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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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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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