You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
BOB GOFFI never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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Love is never stationary.
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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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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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Stop telling people how far they have left to go. Instead tell them how far they’ve come.
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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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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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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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Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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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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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
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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 means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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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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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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Simply put: love does.
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Whatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
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