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As I look back on my own life, I recognize this simple truth: The greatest opportunities were the scariest lions. Part of me has wanted to play it safe, but I’ve learned that taking no risks is the greatest risk of all.Mark Batterson
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Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.Mark Batterson
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Society's goal is to make us less foolish. From the cradle to grave the pressure is on: "Be normal! " Our inner fool may be shackled and caged by a world made to suppress it, but Jesus came to free the fool.Mark Batterson
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God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.Mark Batterson
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To the infinite, all finites are equal.Mark Batterson
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Half of learning is learning. The other half of learning is unlearning.Mark Batterson
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God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great but because nothing is too small for Him either.Mark Batterson
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Even choosing to do nothing is still making a choice.Mark Batterson
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Self-consciousness isn't just A curse. It is part of THE curse.Mark Batterson
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The author gives an interesting naval etymology of the word "opportunity". It referred to days in which sailing ships had to wait outside a port for the appropriate tide, which then was their chance until the next tide.Mark Batterson
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Worship is forgetting about what's wrong with you and remembering what's right with God.Mark Batterson
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Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.Mark Batterson
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The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else.Mark Batterson
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The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk.Mark Batterson
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What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.Mark Batterson
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God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time.Mark Batterson
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God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.Mark Batterson
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Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction.Mark Batterson
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Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves.Mark Batterson
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Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogicalMark Batterson
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Ryan-chasers have a life wish. They live life to the fullest because they are willing to look foolish.Mark Batterson