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Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

Andy Stanley

Complexity is the enemy of clarity
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Clarity Complexity Enemy
You can’t lead without taking risk.
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Opportunity Risk Take
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
Actions don’t only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.
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Action Loud Talk Word
Leadership is stewardship, it’s temporary and you’re accountable!
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Accountable Leadership Temporary Yourself
Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.
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Development Leader Strategy
At the end of the day, God’s love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.
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Day End God Limitation Love World Yourself
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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Challenge Death Generation Need Pay Price Silence
It isn’t about who is ‘for’ or ‘against’ you, it’s about who you are for.
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God Support Yourself
You can’t resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time.
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God Grace Resistance Time Yourself
Progress requires change.
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Change One Liner Progress
Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable.
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Emotional Giving Result
The health of your marriage tomorrow will be determined by the decisions you make today.
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Day Decision Determination Health Marriage Yourself
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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Broken Dream People
We don’t drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.
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Discipline Prioritize Stanley
Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
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God Himself Side
When I count other people’s blessings I lose sight of mine.
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Blessing Lose Myself People
We ask our volunteers, “Do you work here?” They say, “Not yet.”
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Christian Leadership Volunteer
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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Break Change Day Direction Generosity Habit Prayer Yourself
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
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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Adversity Follow Leadership Preparation Run Step
There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
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Character Judgement Quiz Test
Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your capacity as a leader will be determined by how well you learn to deal with uncertainty.
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Determined Leader Need
Learning never takes place while you’re talking.
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Learning Place Talk Yourself
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
Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
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Emotion Jesus People Side Take
A fool is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong, and chooses to do wrong.
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Choice Difference Fools Right Wrong

Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

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