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Grace means we don't need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they're working.

Bob Goff

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Bob Goff
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 22
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I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves I think it's what we've made of others.
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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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Sometimes the things we think are the impediments are actually the path.
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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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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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Go be the next humblest version of yourself.
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We might be known for what we believed, but we're certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
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I learned that faith isn’t about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It’s something more, something more costly because it involves being present and making a sacrifice.
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Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
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God never said He'd eliminate all of the chaos from our lives He just said He'd bring meaning to it.
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I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
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I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn't want stalkers.
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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.
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