There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
HENRY CLOUDEverything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.
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Whatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.
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People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari – like they’re trying to land the trophy.
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Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.
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Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.
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Things don’t change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.
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The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.
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Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
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Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
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Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
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Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
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Encourage literally came from “in courage.” The courage is put “into” you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.
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A leader’s responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.
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