Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
BOB GOFFSee people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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When love is a theory, it’s safe, it’s free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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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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One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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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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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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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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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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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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