Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
BOB GOFFPeople who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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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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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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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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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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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 keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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