Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
BOB GOFFFix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
BOB GOFFWhat I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
BOB GOFFWhat Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
BOB GOFFBeing engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
BOB GOFFWe won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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 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 GOFFI never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
BOB GOFFI don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
BOB GOFFYou don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
BOB GOFFWhat would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
BOB GOFFDo 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 GOFFI used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.
BOB GOFFThe shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
BOB GOFFWe determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
BOB GOFF