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Vions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed with the tension between what is and what could be.

Andy Stanley

Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.
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Believe Criticism Imagination Oneself Treat
You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you.
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God Ideas Influence People Yourself
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
What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!
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Break Change Design Divine Heart Yourself
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
Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.
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Courage Goodness Ideas Regret Simplicity
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
We ask our volunteers, “Do you work here?” They say, “Not yet.”
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Christian Leadership Volunteer
Leaders make things better and that requires change.
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Christian Leader Leadership
It isn’t about who is ‘for’ or ‘against’ you, it’s about who you are for.
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God Support Yourself
The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.
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Gone Leader Moving
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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Courage Hard Myself Right Wisdom
To understand why, submit and apply.
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Apply Submit Understand
Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your capacity as a leader will be determined by how well you learn to deal with uncertainty.
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Determined Leader Need
Stop looking for solutions to problems and start looking for the right path.
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Path Problem Right Solution
Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink.
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Ink Planning Vision Writing
What could be and should be can’t be until God is ready for it to be.
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God Patience Time
Don’t be fair, be engaged.
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Active Engaged Fair
Leadership is not always about getting things done ‘right.’ Leadership is about getting things done through other people.
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Done Get People Thing
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.
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Give Mean People Percentage
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
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Act Behavior Expectation
Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.
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Application Christian Holy
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.
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Challenge Generosity Offend People Yourself
Our culture highlights all the trouble, all the drama, all the affairs and all the junk. Do not believe for a minute that any of that reflects reality. That does not have to be your future. The handwriting is not written on the wall.
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Believe Drama Minute Wall
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
There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
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Character Judgement Quiz Test
Complexity is the enemy of clarity
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Clarity Complexity Enemy

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