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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.

Bob Goff

What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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Jesus Said Typical
I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
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Jesus Next Step Thinking
I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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Hope Lasts Used Work
The real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride.
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Give Up Jesus Pride Real
Living a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
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Christ Constant Following Mean
We might be known for what we believed, but we’re certain to be remembered for what we did about it.
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Certain might Remembered
Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
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Criticism Kind Wish
God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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Foundation God Holes Search
Simply put: love does.
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Love Put Simple
Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.
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Giving Reason Trying
We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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Love Our Pain People
They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
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Everyone Girl Living Necessarily Seeing Things
You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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Fighting Guy Running Somewhere
Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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Eye Jesus Staring
We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We’ll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
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Asking Heart Opinion
See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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Becoming Life People See

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