People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
ANDY STANLEYNothing 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.
More Andy Stanley Quotes
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People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don’t plan not to.
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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.
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Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable.
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Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
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My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.
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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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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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You can’t influence people you refuse to associate with.
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There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination.
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Leadership is not always about getting things done ‘right.’ Leadership is about getting things done through other people.
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If the Old and New Testament teach us anything, they teach us that nothing is too difficult for God. What he originates, he orchestrates.
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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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We’re so absorbed in the effort to get rich, we no longer recognize when we are rich.
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Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.
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We don’t drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.
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Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.
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80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems … they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.
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Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.
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I can go further and faster with someone coaching me than I can on my own.
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What is this generation of students worth? It’s worth everything.
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One of the most compelling arguments for the Christian faith is the simple fact that it survived.
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Not the one who knows the most, but the one who loves faithfully and consistently the most, is a true follower of Jesus.
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Lord, give me the wisdom to know what’s right and the courage to do what’s right-even when it’s hard.
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A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.
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I can’t make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.
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Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.
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