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The followers of Jesus did not die for what they believed – they died for what they claim to have seen.

Andy Stanley

Every story of change there is always someone who didn’t have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.
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Christian Church Leadership
One of the most compelling arguments for the Christian faith is the simple fact that it survived.
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Christian Faith Simple
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
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
Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.
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Celebration God Leverage Yourself
Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
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Emotion Jesus People Side Take
The Church is a family expecting guests.
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Expectation Family God Guest
In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
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Forgiveness Gift Hurt Myself Shadow Soul
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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Direction Happiness People Point Smart Stupidity Wisdom Yourself
When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.
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Challenge Generosity Offend People Yourself
If a man can predict his own death and resurrection, and pull it off, I just go with whatever that man says
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Death Man Myself Prediction
You can’t influence people you refuse to associate with.
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Association Influence People Refusal Yourself
Do you think God can be trusted? Or do yo think you need to take things into your own hands?
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God Hands Need Thinking Trust Yourself
God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
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Honor Order Planning
The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission.
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Love Start Stay Submission
Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.
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Development Leader Strategy
Telling someone they’re wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what’s right.
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Difference Inspirational Leadership Right Wrong Yourself
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
There is something insincere about a man or woman who repeatedly tells God how much he or she loves Him while refusing to obey Him.
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Himself Man Obedience Refuse Repeat Sincere Woman
The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you
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Conscious Criticism God Work Yourself
If you see your brother in need, it doesn’t matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother’s unexpected need.
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Brother Expectation God Ideas Need Open
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
There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God’s ability to free you from the past.
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Ability Freedom Story Yourself
A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.
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Act Change Courage Extraordinary
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
Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.
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Alone Application Holy Knowledge
Where there’s no progress, there’s no growth. If there’s no growth, there’s no life. Environments void of change are eventually void of life.
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Change Environment Growth Life Progress

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