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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.

Andy Stanley

One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.
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Accomplishment Break God Ignorance Law Oneself Principle Wisdom
The followers of Jesus did not die for what they believed – they died for what they claim to have seen.
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Believe Death Follow God See
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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Book Cheat People
80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems … they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.
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Behavior People Problem
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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Difficult Old Originate Teaching
You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you.
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God Ideas Influence People Yourself
When I count other people’s blessings I lose sight of mine.
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Blessing Lose Myself People
Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.
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Blessing Himself Man Opportunity Passion Share Surround
One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.
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Believe Excitement God Live Ourselves Planning
You will never maximize your potential in any area without coaching. It is impossible. You may be good. You may even be better than everyone else. But without outside input you will never be as good as you could be.
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Area Goodness Impossible Potential Yourself
Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say.
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Help Leadership Listening Surround Talk
The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.
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Gone Leader Moving
God’s extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others.
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Christian Extravantly God Religious
Leaders make things better and that requires change.
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Christian Leader Leadership
As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.
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God Long Past Sorry Tell
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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Believe Group Preparation

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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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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