Telling someone they’re wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what’s right.
ANDY STANLEYMy high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I’m going to believe Jesus instead.
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I’ve talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don’t really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don’t need a solution. They need a new direction.
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When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.
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In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
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Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.
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I believe one of the best preparations for marriage is participating in a small group. If a person has learned to be intimate and honest with a few friends before they get married, they will have less reason to fear intimacy after they are married.
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Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable.
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If you want to know if I’m a Godly man, follow me home.
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Leadership is not always about getting things done ‘right.’ Leadership is about getting things done through other people.
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What is this generation of students worth? It’s worth everything.
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God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.
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One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.
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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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The insecure leader will interpret critical thinking as critiscism.
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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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The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you
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