The WOFOYO Podcast
The WOFOYO Podcast
Comfort That Moves
A quiet nudge, a name on your mind, a verse that keeps resurfacing—sometimes the smallest signals carry the most weight. We open Scripture to 2 Corinthians 1:3–5 and trace a simple, profound truth: comfort received from God is meant to move through us to someone in need. From memories of close-knit congregations to the realities of modern scale, we explore how big platforms can blur faces and why smaller circles and steady presence still heal what programs miss.
We share real moments where a quick call mattered more than a plan. Reading between the lines of a text, picking up the phone, and hearing “thank you, I needed that”—these are the spaces where faith becomes visible. We also unpack the courage to act on a prompting: how a repeated thread in Acts 27 surfaced through multiple, unrelated voices, strengthening a friend who stepped out to speak. Obedience can feel like that slow climb before the drop on a roller coaster—did I hear right?—until confirmation meets you halfway and steadies your heart.
This conversation is a call back to what lasts: people who notice, communities that stay close enough to care, and believers who get in the Word for themselves so they can recognize God’s tone in the everyday. No hype, no donation pitch, just practical compassion that shows up without fanfare. If a name comes to mind today, reach out. Let comfort travel the same road it arrived on.
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Hey everybody, welcome to another Woe Fo Yo Short. This is C Dumb. Let's get in the Word for ourselves. 2 Corinthians chapter 1, verses 3 through 5. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. One of the things we can lose, especially as any organization gets bigger, is the personal touch, being able to relate, being able to see when people are going through things, and being able to take the appropriate action to help. And this is just common sense. I always said that the best I've ever seen at this was when I was growing up Catholic, and not that they didn't have some competition as far as that goes, but the best Christians that I saw, as far as being able to know what was going on without being nosy in the life of their fellow believers, and being willing to take certain steps to make sure that any discomfort, any tragedy, any loss, any hard times were touched by the comfort of God. These folks did it. They didn't have to be super spiritual, they didn't have to have a board meeting, they didn't have to jump through a bunch of hoops. And again, that congregation was small enough people knew each other. Now you contrast that to today's times. There gets a point in any organization where the personal touch is lost, and maybe you can minimize that by breaking down into small groups, but still the bigger it is, the you're going to lose some of the being personable, the relationship with one another. Any believer can have a relationship with Jesus Christ for themselves, now you kind of understand why Bones and I get the way we get sometimes when we talk about what's going on in the body of Christ, how things are changing, and how it is important not to be led astray by marketing and by the appeal of bigger numbers and all the glamour, all the glitz. Let me tell you how this looks. Had a friend, used to work together. When you read between the lines, you can see that things were affecting them. And I go bet.
SPEAKER_00:And it didn't take three days of fasting and prayer.
SPEAKER_01:It was just that little still small knowing that he could use a reach out. As men, and especially as men that have been exposed to a bunch of rough stuff over the years, uh, you know, a lot of times we can get a little bit calloused, and maybe we don't deal with what we've experienced and life's transitions and all that stuff the best. But I just wanted to reach out. I I I got a call today, and without getting all into our business, it was expressed that showing the interest and showing that people still cared and showing the love of God was appreciated, and it made a big difference. So that so that's all God. That that's all his comfort. Had another similar experience this week. I mentioned being on New Year's Eve uh over at Eagle's Nest Watch. There's a guy that we've interviewed before, and he gave a word about what to expect in 2026. And the funny thing is, he he alluded to a passage of scripture over in Acts 27, and uh, and they'll probably post that on the Eagles and S Watch um YouTube channel if y'all want to catch that. But I just point him a finger in there, and they're just like, okay, Lord, started chuckling a little bit. Like, yep, okay. I just read it the day before. He just said it. So I'm going through my YouTube. I have it set up, so a lot of times it'd just fast forward to something else. And here I am preparing some stuff in the kitchen while that's going on. And I hear a very noted prophetic person, one that doesn't seek a lot of the fame and the fortune and all that stuff and all the notoriety, and he came up with the exact same passage of scripture with the exact same thing. And I'm like, just send a message just to let Dan know. Just, hey, bud, not only were you on with that, but you're hearing right. And we had we had a short little discussion and everything. But what one of the things about when you follow the leading of the Lord, and especially if it's a word that you're giving to somebody, like you feel like God's you, you know, you you hear the voice of the Lord, the voice of the Holy Spirit saying, You need to tell this person this. Man, you're going out on a limb. It's like going to the top of that roller coaster, waiting for the bottom to drop out of that sucker. It's that that that the sweet spot as far as you walk you stepped out on faith, you you know, you were obedient. And then about the time that you're wondering, Lord, did I get it right? Here comes the fruition. It it can be a it could be an adventure. So that being said, it feels good to receive comfort believers and have the Lord use other believers to comfort you. It's good to receive that comfort from the Lord just in hearing his voice, but it's just as much of a blessing to be able to reciprocate that and be a comfort to somebody else. And I would encourage y'all to step out on faith. Um, and again, we're not the kind of you need to step out on faith and give a donation. We don't want any donations, but get to know some people if you really feel led that the Lord is leading you to express some kind of comfort to someone who might be going through something, even if they're not showing it, don't be afraid to step out and show the love of God, and you're not gonna go wrong in doing so. Wofo yo. Everybody, thanks for listening. We hope this challenges you and causes you to grow and causes you to act. You can always check us out at woefoyo.org or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Audible, or even check us out on YouTube. For bones and myself to succeed up, reminding you that if you're gonna grow, you gotta woe fo yo. Get in the word for yourself.