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 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 can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
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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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Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
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We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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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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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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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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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
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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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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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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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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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