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 GOFFNobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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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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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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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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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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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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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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The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
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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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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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