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 GOFFGod made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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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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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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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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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 I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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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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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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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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What I noticed, though, is almost every time I type the word love, it gets changed to the word live…
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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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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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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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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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