Everybody, Always by Bob Goff
Week 8: On Getting Out of the Boat — Doing What Jesus Said, Not Just What He Did
Read the chapters in Everybody, Always on obedience, risk, and taking Jesus at His word. Key passage: John 14:12 ('Whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these.').
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Bob has a gift for taking Jesus's words at face value and then actually doing what they say — which turns out to be both terrifying and life-giving. These questions ask where you might be holding back from doing the same.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Bob often describes just doing whatever the most loving thing in front of him is, without a lot of deliberation. What do you think enables that kind of responsiveness, and what gets in the way of it in your own life?
2.John 14:12 is a startling verse — Jesus says His followers will do even greater things than He did. Most of us quietly disbelieve that. What would it mean to take it seriously in the context of loving people?
3.Bob talks about his work in Uganda — starting schools, advocating for children, sitting with people on death row. These things all began with someone getting out of the boat. What is the 'boat' you are currently sitting in?
a.What is the specific fear that is keeping you in it?
b.What would the first step over the side actually look like?
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