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Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.

Andy Stanley

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
Everything
Adversity
Heart
Following
Make
Step
Worth
Steps
Leader
Running
Lean
Next
Prepare

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