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People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
People
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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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A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.
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Being a sinner does not disqualify you from following Jesus. It's a prerequisite.
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No one ever has the resources they need.
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Your response to opportunities, adversities and calling, determine the type of leader you become.
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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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Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.
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When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.
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I believe one of the best preparations for marriage is participating in a small group. If a person has learned to be intimate and honest with a few friends before they get married, they will have less reason to fear intimacy after they are married.
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...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.
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Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.
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Appetites have only one word in their vocabulary - MORE. Appetites are never fully and finally satisfied. Even after the most satisfying meal imaginable, we eventually find ourselves rummaging through the pantry for a snack.
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You can't lead without taking risk.
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Stop looking for solutions to problems and start looking for the right path.
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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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Generosity helps us make a concerted effort to keep the needs of others in the forefront of our thinking. Rich people should not feel guilty, but we should feel responsible. We are called to be good stewards of the resources we have been privileged to manage.
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Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.
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Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.
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There is an inexorable correlation between leadership and change.
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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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