Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
BOB GOFFI learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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Love like there’s no tomorrow; live like there’s no yesterday. We’re forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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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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But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
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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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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.
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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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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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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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It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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We need to make our faith our very own love story.
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We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He’s more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.
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