Bob Goff Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Bob Goff
Bob Goff Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
You know what it is about someone that makes them a friend? A friend doesn't just say things; a friend does.
Following Jesus is about having your paradigms shift as you navigate a wide range of emotions while living the big life Jesus invites us into.
It's in my nature, maybe all of our natures, to try to engineer things. So I skew the answers to get what I think I want.
It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it's probably because God has more pieces to work with.
We get to decide each time whether we will lean in toward what is unfolding and say yes or back away.
When we love people but don't make it about us, we're exchanging currency we can use for a while for currency we can use forever.
Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it's different, but because it's the same.
Do one heroic thing today; big or small doesn't matter because it defines who you are and what you really believe
I guess that guy who ends up with the girl sometimes is just as insecure as the guy who gets dumped by her.
God often waits until we're out of ideas before He lets us know His plans. He competes for our hearts, not our attention.
No one leads people to Jesus; He leads people to Himself. All the pressure's off; just go love everybody without agenda.
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.
[ ... ] the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence.
People who follow Jesus, though, are no longer typical - God is constantly inviting them into a life that moves away from typical.
What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He's more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.
I used to think life could be shared with anyone,
but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
Small streams don't plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He'll have us become.
No book is a chapter, no chapter tells the whole story, no mistake defines who we are. Hope makes our lives page turners.
God can use anyone, for sure. If you can shred on a Fender or won "Best Personality," you're not disqualified-it just doesn't make you more qualified.
Jesus didn't say He would ice over the grit of faults and failures either; He said He would use us in spite of the grit and faults and failures.
Most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear. Figure out who's doing the talking, then decide what you'll do.
Jesus always pointed people towards a better version of themselves - particularly when they'd failed.
I used to think being loved was the greatest thing to think about, but now I know love is never satisfied just thinking about it.
I want to live in a new normal where I can reach out to people who are different from me and just be friends.
Wouldn't it be a horrible thing if we studied the ones we loved instead of bonding in deeper ways to doing things with them?
We need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.
People who take huge risks aren't afraid to fail. In fact, they love to fail. It's because failing means they found the edge.
That's one of the things about love. It doesn't recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.
Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.
Faith isn't figuring out what we're able to do, it's deciding what we're going to do - even when we think we can't.
You weren't just an incredible idea that God never got around to making. The next step happened for the world when God dropped you on the planet.
The way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
I used to think I had to act a certain way to follow God, but now I know God doesn't want us to be typical.
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.
We were all meant to save many lives. God is always trying to save lives, and it seems like He usually uses the least likely people to do it.
I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
Whimsy doesn't care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.