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The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.

Bob Goff

Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
BOB GOFF

Giving Reason Trying
I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
BOB GOFF

Choose Talk Thinking Used
Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
BOB GOFF

Already Amusement Circular Park Predictability Train
Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
BOB GOFF

Simple Sound Terrible
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.
BOB GOFF

Arrive Jesus Moving Son
That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
BOB GOFF

Assuming Express Way
When you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
BOB GOFF

Jesus Looks People Typical
When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
BOB GOFF

Feels Humble Needs
We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
BOB GOFF

Certain might Remembered
Figure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
BOB GOFF

Figures Fuel Joy
Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
BOB GOFF

Efficient Extravagant Trying
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.
BOB GOFF

Bible Instead Made Some Things
One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
BOB GOFF

Jesus Month Realize School Zero
You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
BOB GOFF

Needs Plans Present
Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!
BOB GOFF

God Love Neighbor Stuff
What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
BOB GOFF

Define Needs Pitch Swings

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