Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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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What would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
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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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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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We won’t figure out what’s sacred in life if we settle for what’s safe.
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We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
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Grace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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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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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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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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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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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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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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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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