Bob Goff Quotes
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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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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Love one another. We don't need more instructions; we need more examples.
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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 other people decide who you are.
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That's all the information I need to know about the church, Jesus picked it. And so instead of me telling the church how she would really look better if she had this in her hair, or that over there, I think I'm just respecting the Groom's pick.
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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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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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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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Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.
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God keeps telling us to be not afraid, to go big.
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The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
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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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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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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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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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It will be more love, not more information, that will change our hearts.
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you're an owner. Faith is at its best when it's that way too. It's best lived when it's owned.
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God isn't afraid of our doubts; He's way more concerned when we fake it.
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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's easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both.
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What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
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God often waits until we're out of ideas before He lets us know His plans. He competes for our hearts, not our attention.