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One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.

Andy Stanley

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
Vions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed with the tension between what is and what could be.
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Men Soul Tension Vision
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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Christian God Religious
Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
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Emotion Jesus People Side Take
It’s better to make a difference than to make a point.
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Better Differences Make
We don’t drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.
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Discipline Prioritize Stanley
Leaders are all about what isn’t and what-needs-to-be be.
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Christian Church Leadership Need
Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable.
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Emotional Giving Result
My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.
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Hope Myself Rich
Leaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.
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Everyone Leader Shut Wonder
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
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
Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.
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Celebration God Leverage Yourself
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
Leaders make things better and that requires change.
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Christian Leader Leadership
You can’t lead without taking risk.
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Opportunity Risk Take
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
Success is remaining faithful to the process God has laid out for you.
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Faith God Success Yourself
Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.
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Accomplishment May Raises
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
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
Generosity won’t happen unless you make it a priority. The best way to make giving a priority is to make it the very first check you write every month. Before the mortgage. Before groceries or clothing. Before saving. Whatever the amount, do it first.
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Generosity Giving Writing
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
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
Learning never takes place while you’re talking.
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Learning Place Talk Yourself
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
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

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