Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
BOB GOFFMost people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
BOB GOFFFigure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
BOB GOFFGod wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
BOB GOFFThey loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
BOB GOFFWhen it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
BOB GOFFStop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
BOB GOFFI used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
BOB GOFFI don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
BOB GOFFGod doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
BOB GOFFI learned that fully loving and fully living are not only synonymous but the kind of life that Jesus invited us to be part of.
BOB GOFFSurround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
BOB GOFFIf 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.
BOB GOFFGod finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
BOB GOFFIt 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.
BOB GOFFI’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.
BOB GOFFWe get to be God’s plan for the whole world by pointing people toward Him.
BOB GOFF