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If you want to know what Jesus meant by what Jesus said, pay attention to that Jesus did.

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
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I've concluded that while nobody plans to mess up their life, the problem is that a few of us plan not to. That is, we don't put the necessary safeguards in place to ensure a happy ending.
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Direction, not intention determines your destination.
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The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.
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The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.
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Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.
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