At the end of the day, God’s love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.
ANDY STANLEYGuys 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.
More Andy Stanley Quotes
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Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.
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Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.
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Progress requires change.
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People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
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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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Complexity is the enemy of clarity
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You can’t resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time.
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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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Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.
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Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don’t run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.
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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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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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You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you.
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Leaders are all about what isn’t and what-needs-to-be be.
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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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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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The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.
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If we want to reach the people that no one else is reaching, we’ve got to do things that no one else is doing.
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When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.
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It isn’t about who is ‘for’ or ‘against’ you, it’s about who you are for.
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Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
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Not the one who knows the most, but the one who loves faithfully and consistently the most, is a true follower of Jesus.
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What is this generation of students worth? It’s worth everything.
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If there is a perceived difference between what you expect from others and what you expect from yourself, it will eventually erode your influence.
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God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.
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Lord, give me the wisdom to know what’s right and the courage to do what’s right-even when it’s hard.
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