Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.
ANDY STANLEYNot the one who knows the most, but the one who loves faithfully and consistently the most, is a true follower of Jesus.
More Andy Stanley Quotes
-
-
What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!
ANDY STANLEY -
Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.
ANDY STANLEY -
There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
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.
ANDY STANLEY -
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
ANDY STANLEY -
I can’t make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.
ANDY STANLEY -
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.
ANDY STANLEY -
Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.
ANDY STANLEY -
Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve.
ANDY STANLEY -
What is this generation of students worth? It’s worth everything.
ANDY STANLEY -
Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.
ANDY STANLEY -
Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior.
ANDY STANLEY -
People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
ANDY STANLEY -
Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say.
ANDY STANLEY -
We ask our volunteers, “Do you work here?” They say, “Not yet.”
ANDY STANLEY -
My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I’m going to believe Jesus instead.
ANDY STANLEY -
Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.
ANDY STANLEY -
The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission.
ANDY STANLEY -
Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
ANDY STANLEY -
To understand why, submit and apply.
ANDY STANLEY -
Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.
ANDY STANLEY -
If we want to reach the people that no one else is reaching, we’ve got to do things that no one else is doing.
ANDY STANLEY -
Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.
ANDY STANLEY -
The health of your marriage tomorrow will be determined by the decisions you make today.
ANDY STANLEY -
My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.
ANDY STANLEY -
Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.
ANDY STANLEY