Living a life fully engaged in 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.
BOB GOFFWe plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He’s more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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Simply put: love does.
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Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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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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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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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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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 think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we see injustice, we come, not with fists clenched but with palms up.
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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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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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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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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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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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