God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
BOB GOFFWe keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We’ll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Small streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
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One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
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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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The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
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God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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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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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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I don’t think success is what we’ve made of ourselves; I think it’s what we’ve made of others.
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Loving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
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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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We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
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Don’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
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