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Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.

Andy Stanley

Where there’s no progress, there’s no growth. If there’s no growth, there’s no life. Environments void of change are eventually void of life.
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Change Environment Growth Life Progress
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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Difficult Old Originate Teaching
One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.
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Accomplishment Break God Ignorance Law Oneself Principle Wisdom
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
My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.
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Hope Myself Rich
When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.
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Dreams End Excess Memories
The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission.
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Love Start Stay Submission
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
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.
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Inspirational Motivational People Reach
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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Death Man Myself Prediction
What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!
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Break Change Design Divine Heart Yourself
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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Expression Hope Jesus Vehicle World
The Church is a family expecting guests.
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Expectation Family God Guest
A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.
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Act Change Courage Extraordinary
Do you think God can be trusted? Or do yo think you need to take things into your own hands?
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God Hands Need Thinking Trust Yourself
Complexity is the enemy of clarity
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Clarity Complexity Enemy
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
A fool is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong, and chooses to do wrong.
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Choice Difference Fools Right Wrong
You can’t influence people you refuse to associate with.
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Association Influence People Refusal Yourself
Which of these statements creates more anxiety in you: ‘There is no God’ or ‘There is no money’?
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Anxiety Creation God Himself Money Statement
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.
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Area Goodness Impossible Potential Yourself
Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink.
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Ink Planning Vision Writing
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
Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
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Emotion Jesus People Side Take
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
No matter how much money we have or make, we will probably never consider ourselves rich. The biggest challenge facing rich people is that they’ve lost they’re ability to recognize that they’re rich.
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Challenge Matter People

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