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.
BOB GOFFLiving a life fully engaged in 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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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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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Simply put: love does.
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I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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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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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you’ll figure out what you were made to do, because you’ll be great at some things and you’ll be terrible at others.
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Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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