God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
BOB GOFFSimply put: love does.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
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Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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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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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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We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
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I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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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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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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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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We’ll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.
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They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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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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God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
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We get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
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God’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
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We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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Here’s our job as believers, love everybody ALWAYS!
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Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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What would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
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Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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Grace means we can put the chalk away and stop keeping score!
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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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Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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