Bob Goff Quotes
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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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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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I used to think that real love involved falling for someone; but now I think it usually involves standing for someone.
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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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Most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear. Figure out who's doing the talking, then decide what you'll do.
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The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big.
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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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We won't be like Jesus if it's more important to us to be like each other. God doesn't compare what he creates.
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Love doesn't just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it... Simply put: Love does!
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We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We'll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both.
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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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Be ambitious about things that last.
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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, God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances, God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
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We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.
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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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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three.
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Love one another. We don't need more instructions; we need more examples.
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Don't let other people decide who you are.
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Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's just deciding that fear isn't calling the shots anymore.
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Start from scratch with Jesus every day and then be picky about what you add to your 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. The sad thing is, for many there is no "next time" because passing on the chance to cross over is an overall attitude toward life rather than a single decision.