I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
BOB GOFFJesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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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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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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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 means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
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We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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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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Selfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
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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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Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those “we’ll go there next time” deferrals.
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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
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When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
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God’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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I learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
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