That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
BOB GOFFLove finds us where we are, not where we were.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Love is never stationary.
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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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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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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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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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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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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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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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 keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We’ll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
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Here’s our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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