Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
BOB GOFFCourage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
BOB GOFFGod delights in answering our impossible prayers.
BOB GOFFMost people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
BOB GOFFThe way we deal with uncertainty says a lot about whether Jesus is ahead of us leading, or behind us just carrying our stuff.
BOB GOFFI used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
BOB GOFFI once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I’ve always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good,
BOB GOFFWe determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
BOB GOFFSometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
BOB GOFFLike 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 GOFFGod’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
BOB GOFFIt will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
BOB GOFFStand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
BOB GOFFWe all want to have a place where we can dream and escape anything that wraps steel bands around our imagination and creativity.
BOB GOFFBut the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
BOB GOFFLiving a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those “we’ll go there next time” deferrals.
BOB GOFFThe battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.
BOB GOFF