I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
BOB GOFFWe all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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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?’
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Simply put: love does.
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God asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, “Let’s go do that together.
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I once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I’ve always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good,
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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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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big
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But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you’ll figure out what you were made to do, because you’ll be great at some things and you’ll be terrible at others.
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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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I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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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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The way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
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Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
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The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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