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I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.

Bob Goff

Love doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
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Efficient Extravagant Trying
We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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Energy Forget Remember
What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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Jesus Said Typical
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
Being 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.
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Brave Darkness Light
Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.
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Ordinary People Water Wine
The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
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Beautiful Views World
I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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People Used Want
It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
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Broken God Religious Work
Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those “we’ll go there next time” deferrals.
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Attitude Dream Love Something
One 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.
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Jesus Month Realize School Zero
There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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Concerned Hopeful Lot More
The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
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Teacher Teaching Thinking
Love like there’s no tomorrow; live like there’s no yesterday. We’re forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
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Believe People Yesterday
We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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Compare Important Jesus
Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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Friends Jesus Play Safe

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