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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.

Andy Stanley

What could be and should be can’t be until God is ready for it to be.
ANDY STANLEY

God Patience Time
The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission.
ANDY STANLEY

Love Start Stay Submission
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.
ANDY STANLEY

Direction Happiness People Point Smart Stupidity Wisdom Yourself
I’ve talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don’t really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don’t need a solution. They need a new direction.
ANDY STANLEY

Direction Discussion Individual Problem Solution Talk
You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.
ANDY STANLEY

Communication Complex Information People
80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems … they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.
ANDY STANLEY

Behavior Creation People Problem System Yourself
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
ANDY STANLEY

Act Behavior Expectation
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.
ANDY STANLEY

Break Up Dreams Family Sexuality
There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
ANDY STANLEY

Character Judgement Quiz Test
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

Inspirational Motivational People Reach
When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.
ANDY STANLEY

Dreams End Excess Memories
Stop looking for solutions to problems and start looking for the right path.
ANDY STANLEY

Path Problem Right Solution
Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.
ANDY STANLEY

Better Give Up Investment Sacrifice
Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.
ANDY STANLEY

Believe Christian Son
You will never maximize your potential in any area without coaching. It is impossible. You may be good. You may even be better than everyone else. But without outside input you will never be as good as you could be.
ANDY STANLEY

Area Goodness Impossible Potential Yourself
Direction, not intention determines your destination.
ANDY STANLEY

Destination Determination Direction 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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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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