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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.

Bob Goff

But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
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Kind Language Sacrifice Sign
That’s one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
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Assuming Express Way
We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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Captivated Distracted Purpose
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
Stop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
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Able Figures Made
God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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Circumstances Close God Instead
Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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Confused Jesus Life Love
I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
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Know never Next Steps
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
God’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
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Grace Shapes Size
We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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Love Our Pain People
I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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People Used Want
Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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Courageous Grace Resolve
Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
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Friends Jesus Play Safe
I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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Hope Lasts Used Work
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
Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
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Grace Track Writing
People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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Joy People Want
What distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
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Define Needs Pitch Swings
That’s a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal’s car up on the roof of the gym. It’s cute and everything but there’s no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It’s something where everybody has made it in.
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Actual Cute Destructive Everything Prank Principle
I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
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Choose Talk Thinking Used
Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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Day Every People Stuff
We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
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Answers Asking People
Fix your eyes on Jesus; it’s ok to stare.
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Eye Jesus Staring
Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.
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Being Faith Jesus Real
Grace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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Grace Mean Needs
God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
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Accomplishment Humble Titles

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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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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