Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
BOB GOFFSelfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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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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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
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I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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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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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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Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
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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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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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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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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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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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We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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