Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.
ANDY STANLEYGuys 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.
More Andy Stanley Quotes
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Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink.
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I can’t make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.
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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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Learning never takes place while you’re talking.
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People are far more interested in what works than what’s true.
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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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Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.
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You can’t resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time.
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As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.
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Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.
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If you want to know if I’m a Godly man, follow me home.
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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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The health of your marriage tomorrow will be determined by the decisions you make today.
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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 is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
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