We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
BOB GOFFHe 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?’
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.
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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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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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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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God isn’t afraid of our doubts; He’s way more concerned when we fake it.
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Here’s our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!
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That’s what love does – it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you’ll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.
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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, “Let’s go do that together.
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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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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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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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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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