We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
BOB GOFFGrace 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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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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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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Here’s our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!
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What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
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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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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
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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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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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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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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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Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
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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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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, “Let’s go do that together.
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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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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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I once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I’ve always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good,
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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.
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