Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
HENRY CLOUDMarriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.
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Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.
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Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other’s space and are champions of each other’s causes.
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The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.
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We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
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Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
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Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.
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The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that’s present.
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I’m not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are some very, very positive things about the state of integrity in church leaders.
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Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.
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Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.
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A leader’s responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.
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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.
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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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Encourage literally came from “in courage.” The courage is put “into” you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.
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A person who hasn’t grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.
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Being right can never compete with doing well.
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Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.
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When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform, sends fuel to the brain.
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For someone’s character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.
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Because dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some of them are more imperfect than others. In addition, you are not perfect either, so that complicates the picture.
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If people are really narcissistic or have a need to be seen as more than they really are, or to be admired as having it all together, then they cannot be followed and trusted by others.
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Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
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