Don’t let other people decide who you are.
BOB GOFFNo book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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We’ll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
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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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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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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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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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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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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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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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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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For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
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…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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