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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.

Andy Stanley

Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.
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Application Christian Holy
Learning never takes place while you’re talking.
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Learning Place Talk Yourself
If you see your brother in need, it doesn’t matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother’s unexpected need.
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Brother Expectation God Ideas Need Open
Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.
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Difference Different Dreams Vision
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
The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you
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Conscious Criticism God Work Yourself
Every story of change there is always someone who didn’t have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.
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Christian Church Leadership
There’s a monumental difference in believing in God and believing God.
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Believe Difference God
One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.
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Believe Excitement God Live Ourselves Planning
Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
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God Himself Side
It’s better to make a difference than to make a point.
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Better Differences Make
Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve.
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Ability Deserve God Grace Vehicle
The Church is a family expecting guests.
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Expectation Family God Guest
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
Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink.
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Ink Planning Vision Writing
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
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
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
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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Break Up Dreams Family Sexuality
It isn’t about who is ‘for’ or ‘against’ you, it’s about who you are for.
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God Support Yourself
People are far more interested in what works than what’s true.
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Interest People True Work
The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.
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Generosity Life Value Yourself
Stop looking for solutions to problems and start looking for the right path.
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Path Problem Right Solution
We ask our volunteers, “Do you work here?” They say, “Not yet.”
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Christian Leadership Volunteer
You can’t influence people you refuse to associate with.
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Association Influence People Refusal Yourself
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
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

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