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Vision is a mental picture of what could be, fueled by a passion that it should be.

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
Vision
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As you give to fund God's needs, are you forced to trust Him to provide for yours? That's what a growing faith is about. And over the long haul, it's not enough just to commit to a percentage. Growth means reviewing your giving goals and occasionally increasing the percentage you give.
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The church should be the safest place on the planet to talk about anything, including same-sex attraction.
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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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As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.
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Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.
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When you start thinking you're a big shot, you wash more feet.
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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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Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.
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Resources follow vision.
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Learning never takes place while you're talking.
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If you're a Christian you can't have an I'm better than attitude toward anyone because everybody is somebody for whom Jesus died.
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My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.
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People without clear vision are easily distracted, have a tendency to drift from one idea to another and often make foolish decisions that rob them of their dreams.
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Christians are viewed as being judgmental, homophobic, moralists who think they are the only ones going to heaven and who secretly relish the fact that everyone else is going to hell.
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If fear causes you to retreat from your dreams, you will never give the world anything new.
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I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.
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There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.
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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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Why create churches for 50-year-olds and let culture have the students?
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As a pastor I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.
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