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 GOFFThe way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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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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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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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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Stop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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I learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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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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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
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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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We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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