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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.

Bob Goff

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Bob Goff
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 22
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When you identify with an organization and you want to do stuff [but] you get this inexplicable 'no' - a lot of people get off the end and think, Well, God must have said no to me. No! The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do. But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you'll figure out what you were made to do, because you'll be great at some things and you'll be terrible at others.
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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.
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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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Don't save up love like you're trying to retire on it give it away like you're made of it.
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