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“It’s easy to agree with what Jesus said. What’s hard is actually doing what Jesus did. For me, agreeing is cheap and obeying is costly. Obeying is costly because it’s uncomfortable. It makes me grow one decision and one discussion at a time. It makes me put away my pride. These are the kinds of decisions that aren’t made once for a lifetime; they’re made thirty seconds at a time.”
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
“Following Jesus means climbing, tripping, dusting ourselves off, and climbing some more. Faith isn’t a business trip walked on a sidewalk; it’s an adventure worked out on a steep and sometimes difficult trail.”
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
“The people who creep us out aren’t obstacles to having faith; they’re opportunities to understand it.”
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
“there’s a big difference between liking Jesus and being like Him, and He said we would never be able to be like Him unless we loved our enemies.”
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
“Run toward these people, not away. There is a quiet confidence in knowing we all hit a couple of wrong notes here and there. The report card on our faith is how we treat one another when we do.”
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
― Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People
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