Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
BOB GOFFWhen you are in high school, you don’t give much thought to what you can’t do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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Being 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.
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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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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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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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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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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Great love leaves little doubt.
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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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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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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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.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
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