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 GOFFThat’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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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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Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
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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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Simply put: love does.
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If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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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 shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
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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 used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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