Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
BOB GOFFGreat love leaves little doubt.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they’re in.
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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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We’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
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Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
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We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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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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Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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Don’t let other people decide who you are.
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Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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We’ll fill our lives with what we cultivate the most. Plant grace by the acre.
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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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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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Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
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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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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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We won’t figure out what’s sacred in life if we settle for what’s safe.
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Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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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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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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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
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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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