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.
ANDY STANLEYIt isn’t about who is ‘for’ or ‘against’ you, it’s about who you are for.
More Andy Stanley Quotes
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There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
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If the Old and New Testament teach us anything, they teach us that nothing is too difficult for God. What he originates, he orchestrates.
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Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.
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Our culture highlights all the trouble, all the drama, all the affairs and all the junk. Do not believe for a minute that any of that reflects reality. That does not have to be your future. The handwriting is not written on the wall.
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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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I can go further and faster with someone coaching me than I can on my own.
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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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If a man can predict his own death and resurrection, and pull it off, I just go with whatever that man says
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God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.
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I can’t make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.
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People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don’t plan not to.
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God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
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Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.
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Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.
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It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing’s going to change.
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