The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
BOB GOFFWhat distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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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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A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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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 get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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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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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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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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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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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
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Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
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Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
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