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.
BOB GOFFWe might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
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When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
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Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.
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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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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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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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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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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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…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
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Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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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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