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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.

Andy Stanley

What is this generation of students worth? It’s worth everything.
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Christian Church Leadership
Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.
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Believe Criticism Imagination Oneself Treat
It’s better to make a difference than to make a point.
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Better Difference Existence Point
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
What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!
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Break Change Design Divine Heart Yourself
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
I can’t make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.
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Arrange Fall In Love God Myself People
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
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Act Behavior Expectation
We ask our volunteers, “Do you work here?” They say, “Not yet.”
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Christian Leadership Volunteer
Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.
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Better Give Up Investment Sacrifice
Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.
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Fruit Peace Spirit Wealth
Here’s something to think about: If God appeared to you and asked, “Why should I let you into heaven?” how would you answer?
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Christian God Religious
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
One of the most compelling arguments for the Christian faith is the simple fact that it survived.
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Christian Faith Simple
People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
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Different Direction One People
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

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