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The more you’re willing to risk, the more God can use you. And if you’re willing to risk everything, then there is nothing God can’t do in you and through you.

Mark Batterson

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Mark Batterson
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 5
Pastor
Writer
Risk
Willing
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Everything
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