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When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that’s when really smart people start doing really stupid things.

Andy Stanley

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Apply Submit Understand
God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.
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God Human Stage Weakness
The Church is a family expecting guests.
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Expectation Family God Guest
Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.
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Challenge Death Generation Need Pay Price Silence
Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible – that is just cheating. It’s cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn’t how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.
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Book Cheat People
What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, “tenth.” For some people, that’s extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.
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Give Mean People Percentage
Leaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.
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Everyone Leader Shut Wonder
The followers of Jesus did not die for what they believed – they died for what they claim to have seen.
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Believe Death Follow God See
Vions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed with the tension between what is and what could be.
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Men Soul Tension Vision
My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.
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Christian Food Kids Leadership
There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
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Character Judgement Quiz Test
Nothing has stolen more dreams, dashed more hopes, broken up more families, and messed up more people psychologically than our propensity to disregard God’s commands regarding sexual purity.
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Broken Dream People
The insecure leader will interpret critical thinking as critiscism.
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Criticism Insecure Leader Think
What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!
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Break Change Design Divine Heart Yourself
Complexity is the enemy of clarity
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Clarity Complexity Enemy
People are far more interested in what works than what’s true.
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Interest People True Work

When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that’s when really smart people start doing really stupid things.

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When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that’s when really smart people start doing really stupid things.

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