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?’
BOB GOFFBeing 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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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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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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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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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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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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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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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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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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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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We all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
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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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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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