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On July 27th 1993 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba set the world record for the high jump, he cleared a bar 8 feet high. That means he's the best. But how many times do you suppose he knocked the bar down before he reached that height? And he never cleared it again. Does that mean he's a failure? Of course not, he is considered the best high jumper ever, but he wasn't perfect. Christ is the only sinless One. When we place expectations on ourselves higher than the expectations God places on us we are doomed to fail.

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