Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
BOB GOFFDay turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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What I noticed, though, is almost every time I type the word love, it gets changed to the word live…
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I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
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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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Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
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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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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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I’m all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I’ve been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don’t have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.
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I think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we see injustice, we come, not with fists clenched but with palms up.
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
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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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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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