I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
BOB GOFFStop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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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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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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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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The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
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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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Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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