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?’
BOB GOFFLoving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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When love is a theory, it’s safe, it’s free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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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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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’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
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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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Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
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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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What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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What I noticed, though, is almost every time I type the word love, it gets changed to the word live…
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Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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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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