I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
BOB GOFFI know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
BOB GOFFWe’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 GOFFWe plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He’s more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.
BOB GOFFWe spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
BOB GOFFNext to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
BOB GOFFOne 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 GOFFSurround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is.
BOB GOFFThe shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
BOB GOFFI used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
BOB GOFFSelfless love is always costly; fear can’t afford it, pride doesn’t understand it and friends never forget it.
BOB GOFFGrace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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 GOFFThere’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
BOB GOFFFigure out what fuels your joy, then do lots of that
BOB GOFFSee people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
BOB GOFFGod asks what it is He’s made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, “Let’s go do that together.
BOB GOFF