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The insecure leader will interpret critical thinking as critiscism.

Andy Stanley

What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, “tenth.” For some people, that’s extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.
ANDY STANLEY

Give Mean People Percentage
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
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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Himself Man Obedience Refuse Repeat Sincere Woman
There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God’s ability to free you from the past.
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Ability Freedom Story Yourself
Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.
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Better Give Up Investment Sacrifice
The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission.
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Love Start Stay Submission
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
People are far more interested in what works than what’s true.
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Interest People True Work
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.
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Direction Discussion Individual Problem Solution Talk
The Church is a family expecting guests.
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Expectation Family God Guest
In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
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Forgiveness Gift Hurt Myself Shadow Soul
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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Concentration Elimination Secret
Telling someone they’re wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what’s right.
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Difference Inspirational Leadership Right Wrong Yourself
God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
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Honor Order Planning
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
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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Communication Complex Information People

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