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What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.

Bob Goff

Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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Ordinary People Water Wine
Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
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Different Giving Helping
Do 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.
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Simple Sound Terrible
If you get a no from somebody, don’t say, ‘I’m going to take this as some big cosmic signal.’ No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.
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Bigs Next Signals Steps
Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.
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Cynicism Joy Posing
I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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Hope Lasts Used Work
What 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.
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Answer Loving People School Sunday
Simply put: love does.
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Love Put Simple
Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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Friends Jesus Play Safe
I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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Jesus Thinking Want
It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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Easy Fall Lasts
You don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
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Needs Plans Present
We need to wash the feet of our enemies.
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Enemy Feet Needs
It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.
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Greatest Information Love People
Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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Dark Hands Prayer
God’s never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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Future Nervous Our Past

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