Bob Goff - God Quotes

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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.

Bob Goff
Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It's not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us. 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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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's grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.

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The thing I love about God is He intentionally guides people into failure.

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I think God's hope and plan for us is pretty simple to figure out. For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that's your answer.

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I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.

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I used to think God wouldn't talk to me, but now I know I'm just selective with what I choose to hear.

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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.

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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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God pursues us into whatever dark place we've landed and behind whatever locked door holds us in. He holds our unwashed and dirty hands and models how He wants us to pursue each other And He says to ordinary people like me and you that instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.

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We get to be God's plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.

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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.

Bob Goff