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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.

Bob Goff

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Bob Goff
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 22
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Don't let uncertainty talk you into pursuing a backup plan instead of your purpose.
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it's different, but because it's the same.
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If you get a no from somebody, don't say, 'I'm going to take this as some big cosmic signal.' No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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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'm all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I've been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don't have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.
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Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.
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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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Start from scratch with Jesus every day and then be picky about what you add to your life.
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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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Don't let other people decide who you are.
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I think of the church as this bride of Christ, who is incredibly capable of doing amazing things. And so where we see injustice, we come, not with fists clenched but with palms up.
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...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.
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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
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Most of our decisions are driven by either love or fear. Figure out who's doing the talking, then decide what you'll do.
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God isn't afraid of our doubts He's way more concerned when we fake it.
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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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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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