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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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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
Kind
Imaginable
Years
Pastor
People
Spent
Heard
Talking
Story
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There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.
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Success is an intoxicant, and intoxicated people seldom have a firm grasp on reality.
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Where there's no progress, there's no growth. If there's no growth, there's no life. Environments void of change are eventually void of life.
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God doesn’t want to take your money. He just doesn’t want your money to take you.
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If we were able to rewrite the script for the reputation of Christianity, I think we would put the emphasis on developing relationships with non-believers, serving them, loving them, and making them feel accepted, only then would we earn the right to share the gospel.
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It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain.
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Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.
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It isn't about who is 'for' or 'against' you, it's about who you are for.
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We want time in with our kids not time out.
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Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.
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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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We hurt most who we love the most. Bad grammar, painful truth.
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In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
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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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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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Designing and implementing a strategy for change is a waste of time until you have discovered and embraced the current reality. If you don't know where you really are, it is impossible to get where you need to be.
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Your beliefs shape your attitudes!
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Greed is the assumption that it is all for my consumption.
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Jesus never allowed His theology to get in the way of His ministry.
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When you start thinking you're a big shot, you wash more feet.
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