Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
BOB GOFFLiving a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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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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Not surprisingly, we’d get a lot more done too, because we wouldn’t care who’s looking or taking credit. All that energy would be funnelled into awesomeness.
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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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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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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
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I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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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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God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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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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I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
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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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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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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’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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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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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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