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Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World Kindle Edition

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The runaway New York Times bestseller!

Can a simple concept shift your entire world? Bob certainly thinks so. When it comes to loving your neighbors, rather than focusing on having the "right answers" or checking the "right boxes," what if you decide to simply DO love? To shamelessly show love and grace to those around you? What would that look like?

It might look like spending sixteen days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. It might look like taking your kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. It might look like taking a road trip with a stressed-out college student--even though you just got married a few days before.

In Love Does, Bob shows you:

how to live a fully engaged life
how to stop putting things off until "next time" and instead find your place of imagination, whimsy, and wonder today
that God usually chooses ordinary people to get things done

When love does, life gets interesting. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude in this collection of stories just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too. If you love Love Does, don't forget to check out Everybody, Always and Dream Big for more of Bob's delightful and inspiring stories!

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New York Times Best-Seller Love Does is Imaginative, Unique, Fun, Heart Warming

Love Does is Surprising, Light, Feel-Good, Profound

Love doesn't think about it. Love doesn't plan it. Love does it.

Bob Goff, New York Times Besseller & Encourager to Millions recounts unforgettable stories.

	Catching Whimsy: 365 Days of Possibility	Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey	Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult Pe...	Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.	Dream Big: Know What You Want, Why You Want It, and What You’re Going to Do A...	Love Does for Kids

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Check out all of the books in Bob's library!	NEW RELEASE: Bob takes you on a yearlong journey into the uplifting, inspiring, and unexpected possibilities waiting for you every day.	This 365-day journey will inspire you to step out in confidence, offer grace to yourself and others, and become love.	The follow-up to Love Does (technically the third book, since the second was stolen out of his car), this book tackles how to love difficult people.	This book is like the rumble strips on the road that make you suddenly alert to how far you have drifted from your lane.	This book gives you an inspiring and practical way to achieve your dreams!	Beautifully illustrated, this children's book takes the stories from Love Does and delivers them in a child-friendly manner.

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Bob Goff is the New York Times bestselling author of Love Does; Everybody, Always; Dream Big; Undistracted; Live in Grace, Walk in Love; Catching Whimsy; and Love Does for Kids. He’s a lover of balloons, cake pops, and helping people pursue their big dreams. Bob’s greatest ambitions in life are to love others, do stuff, and most importantly, to hold hands with his wife, Sweet Maria, and spend time with their amazing family. For more, check out BobGoff.com and LoveDoes.org.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0078FA8HU
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas Nelson (April 30, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1.2 MB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #58,705 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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- #82 in Christian Inspiration
- #175 in Christian Spiritual Growth (Kindle Store)

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Bob Goff is a New York Times bestselling author of Love Does; Everybody, Always; Dream Big; Live in Grace, Walk in Love; and Undistracted as well as the children’s titles Love Does for Kids; Everybody, Always for Kids; and Dream Big for Kids. Bob is the founder of Love Does, a nonprofit human rights organization operating in India, Uganda, Nepal, Somalia, Afghanistan, USA, Congo, and Dominican Republic. Bob is a sought-after speaker for leadership, church, and university events, inspiring current and future influencers to get to the ”do” part of life. Choosing to live audaciously, Bob connects to audiences in a powerfully inspirational, yet down to earth manner. Because of Bob’s vision and the work of Love Does, he serves as the Hon. Consul for the Republic of Uganda to the United States. Bob continues to be inspired by friendships he’s developed with others around the world who live their lives pursuing strategic ways to help others. You can typically find Bob writing and taking calls from his boat, welcoming people to The Oaks—his Southern California retreat center, or at an event speaking. Bob's greatest ambitions in life are to love others, do stuff, and, most importantly, to hold hands with his wife, Sweet Maria Goff, and spend time with their amazing kids and grandkids.

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Customers find this book filled with real-life stories that are easy to read and filled with humor, with life stories that make them laugh. Moreover, the book engages readers' minds about living the Christian life and deeply grounds them in how God sees the world. Additionally, customers appreciate the author's ability to relate his life experiences and how it inspires them to act in love towards others. The book challenges readers in a good way, making them feel like taking risks.

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1,590 customers mention "Story quality"1,572 positive18 negative

Customers enjoy the book's stories, noting that each chapter presents a new tale and is filled with real-life experiences.

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Customers find the book inspirational, with its uplifting short stories and life lessons that motivate readers to live fearlessly.

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Customers find the book humorous, with life stories that make them belly laugh and speak from the author's own experiences.

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Customers find the book enjoyable and easy to read, with one customer noting that the multiple small stories make it accessible.

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Customers find the book full of love and appreciate how it inspires them to act with love towards others.

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Customers appreciate how the book engages readers' minds about living the Christian life, providing examples of how to love God and motivating them to trust Him.

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Customers appreciate the author's storytelling abilities, finding him a wonderful and engaging writer who does an incredible job of relating his life experiences, with one customer noting how he weaves theology into each narrative.

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Robert
great book, easy reading
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2025
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Lots of uplifting short stories from bob’s big beautiful life. He includes many timely references to Jesus and God. Highly recommended.

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Great Read, Positive and Uplifting
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025
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What a great read. Bob seems like the kind of guy that you just want to sit down and chat over a campfire and laugh at all his wild stories and yet feel completely compelled by how the way he ties in our amazing Lord to it all. I laughed throughout the book at his wit and humor but was warmed in my heart by the experiences he went through. What a great book.

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nicole
love this!
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2025
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Didn’t really know what this book was about but im so glad I found it and agree with everything it says. Love truly does. And this guy did some remarkable things. Makes me want to be a better person.

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An Absolute Must Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025
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Life is meant to be lived, not just endured. Love is not transactional it is an unstoppable force. When love speaks deep in our heart we need to listen and act. It is easy to talk ourselves out of doing the loving thing and miss out on the wonder and joy of love in action. This book reveals the life changing power of love. Love is more than emotion, more than feeling. Love is action. Love does. Love will forever change your life. Your love will then forever change the lives of those who experience first hand what love does.

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really enjoyable to read, inspiring, and moving.
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2024
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I read this book because my daughter mentioned she was reading it a story at a time and I liked the title and the premise. What I got out of it was wonderful thought provoking stories that made me think of my own experiences and the lessons learned. In the end and equally along the way Love Does. It’s a title and an affirmation and a reminder to Love using the talents and experiences that your life has given you to impact people in a positive way- not for any recognition or personal gain but for the growth of Love itself. It’s written from a Christian perspective but also understood by this Jewish guy because real Love is Love.

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Dr. David Steele
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Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2013
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Sometimes theologians need to read books to motivate and inspire. Sometimes they just need to read something to make them laugh. I read a lot of pretty head stuff. For instance, I just finished a 700 page book by Tom Schreiner called, The King in His Beauty. To compare Schreiner's book with Love Does by Bob Goff would be a little unfair. Schreiner's book is intended to be a serious book about biblical theology. Goff's book is not designed to be a theological treatise. It's designed to motivate and inspire.

A while back, I responded to a blog post by Donald Miller. I entitled the post, A Black and White Proposal: Farewell to Fuzzy Thinking. My good friend, Ron read the post and knows that I'm not a big fan of Miller's book, Blue Like Jazz. When I visited Ron in Okinawa, Japan he encouraged me to read Miller's book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. I resisted. He persisted. I had other important things to read. He wouldn't give up. Ron said, "Dude, you're a cyclist. Miller's a cyclist. You're gonna dig this book." So because I love and respect my friend, I actually decided to read A Million Miles. Ron was right. I loved it. In fact, I need to read it again!

There is a story that stood out to me in A Million Miles. It was a story about a wide-eyed friend that Miller made somewhere along the way; a story about a guy who loves life and made a huge impression on Miller. I'm not sure how I made the connection, but somehow it became clear to me that Miller's friend with Bob Goff. So I eagerly devoured his book, Love Does.

Love Does is a series of brief meditations; short stories that provide a window into the life, loves, and passions of Bob Goff. The subtitle is an accurate reflection of what Goff intends to communicate in the book: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World.

While Love Does is not designed to be a theology book, the author does bring theological commitments to the table. For instance, in Chapter 29 he admits that he quit attending what Christians call a "Bible study." The idea behind this practice is this: The author argues, "We don't need to study Him anymore to know Him." I understand what Goff is getting at here. He's tired of storing theological facts in his brain that don't make a difference in the real world. And this is certainly commendable. The problem is that Christ-followers are called to study the truth of God's Word - which involves a careful study of Christ (2 Tim. 2:15). And while the intentions appear commendable, the popular notion of "deeds not creeds" is, in the final analysis not Scriptural. We are instructed to be "filled with a knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God" (Col. 1:9b-10). So this is not an either-or proposition. Christians are not given a choice to study or live out the claims of the gospel. They are commanded to do both! And living out the gospel (what Goff creatively calls, "Love does") is a supernatural result of one's knowledge.

Having said that, if readers approach Love Does with the right perspective, they'll find it strangely liberating. It is filled with encouraging stories and pithy bits of wisdom drawn from the real world of Bob Goff. And this guy knows how to do life. He truly is a breath of fresh air! My encouragement would be - read this book. Read it with discernment. Allow Bob Goff to rub off on you. And learn from his example of living life with passion and intentionality.

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WOW!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
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So much love in this book. Hard to read it and not want to go out and DO. Thankful for the message.

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Adriaan Venner Scheepers
Love Does has helped me to Do.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2014
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What a joy it has been reading this book. My wife and I were on holiday at the North Coast of South Africa over January for our "babymoon", that's right, we are having a child, our first child, a daughter. We are too excited, but here is something you need to know about my wife... She loves the beach and you can say, she does the beach. She can sit on the beach and look at people for days without budging, and here is something you should know about me... I don't. The first two days went okay and then I started getting bored, so I was forced to figure our my Kindle app for iPad. I am very glad about all this, because if I hadn't had to, i would not have read Love Does.

This book has taught me a lot, it didn't need to convince me that Love does things, I knew that from the Bible, but it just reminded me of the great things that can come off doing things in love. I started pursuing my dreams, what I really wanted to do, and where I believe I would have the most impact on life for hat matter sometime last year, by pursuing a career in coaching rugby professionally. And it was just amazing how things fell in place once I decided this, as if God was acknowledging my choice. Anyhow, this book confirmed things for me and I feel blessed that it crossed my path.

I'd recommend this book to anyone as I have Blue Like Jazz and A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller, who is also mentioned in this book a lot. I would like to thank Bob Goff for sharing these brilliant and inspiring stories, and I hope. They motivate people to live better ones, as it has me.

Love is not just a four letter word or a feeling, it is alive, it does things and it makes us do things. I am happy to know Love.

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Jean
Encouraging and challenging
Reviewed in Japan on August 12, 2018
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Bob’s stories challenge and encourage me to live love. I’m excited to see how I cAn live out love in my life.

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Bronwyn Tarlton
LIFE CHANGING.
Reviewed in Australia on February 1, 2024
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This has changed my perspective about who was hurt, who hurt who in my childhood. Because of this book I am going to do the previously unimaginable.

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Anonimo
Nothing new
Reviewed in Spain on April 4, 2018
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El libro es un poco aburrido. Narra la vida del autor, pero desde un punto de vista un tanto de adoctrinamiento

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Michelle Timms
inspiring, challenging and motivating - love is action
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2014
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Excellent book - beautifully and humorously written stories which illustrate love in action. Living life to the full, living life on the edge, taking risks and living life to impact positively the lives of others. An inspiration to be somebody who walks the walk. Bob Goff is both humble and straight in his message which compels each if us to 'do love'.

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I loved the story of Ryan and his love, as well as the last story. I began to loose interest near the end, but knew i'd regret not finishing this book. And I'm so glad I did.

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