Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
HENRY CLOUDEndings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
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When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.
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Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
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Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.
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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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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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When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.
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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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Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.
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Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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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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Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
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A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.
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People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari – like they’re trying to land the trophy.
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The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!
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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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The business of church is ultimately people. You’re trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.
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You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
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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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If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you ‘do’ boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.
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The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.
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If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do.
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A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.
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In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school.
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