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I can't make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.

Andy Stanley

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
Make
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People
Arrange
Dates
Jesus
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Many years from now, what would you like people to line up and thank you for?
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For reasons known only to him, God has chosen to work through men and women who are willing to make sacrifices for the sake of the thing he has placed in their hearts to do. If God bas birthed a vision in you, it is only a matter of time until you will come upon the precipice of sacrifice.
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It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.
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Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.
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My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.
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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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The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.
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Just as Jesus predicted, what originates in the secret place won't always remain a secret. ... How do we guard -- or maybe it would be more appropriate to say, guard against -- our hearts? How do we monitor what's going on in that secret place that has the potential to go public at any moment?
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A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.
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One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.
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Here’s a question every angry man and woman needs to consider: How long are you going to allow people you don’t even like — people who are no longer in your life, maybe even people who aren’t even alive anymore — to control your life? How long?
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Rich people have the potential to reach a point where they see money as the source of their safety and security.
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Here's a scary thought: What if God called you to give beyond your comfort level? Would you be afraid? Would you try to explain it away or dismiss it as impractical? And in the process, would you miss out on a harvest opportunity for which God had explicitly prospered you in the first place?
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I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church.
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There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.
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God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
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Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right.
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Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.
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Serving people we don't see eye to eye with is the essence of Christianity. Jesus died for a world with which he didn't see eye to eye. If a bakery doesn't want to sell its products to a gay couple, it's their business. Literally. But leave Jesus out of it.
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A fool is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong, and chooses to do wrong.
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