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The more you expect from a volunteer the more you get.

Andy Stanley

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
Leadership
Church
Christian
Volunteer
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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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If there is a perceived difference between what you expect from others and what you expect from yourself, it will eventually erode your influence.
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Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both.
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While generosity may be the antidote for the dizzying effects of wealth, your appetite for more may function as an antidote against God-honoring generosity. Your appetite for more stuff, status, and security has the potential to quash your efforts to be generous. And that's a problem.
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Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.
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We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.
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Leaders love progress.
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Success means your options multiply. Size increases complexity, and complexity can confuse vision.
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What could be and should be can’t be until God is ready for it to be.
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How you live your life on this side of the grave determines what happens next.
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Only do what only you can do.
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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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There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination.
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Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds.
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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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As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.
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What breaks my heart is in the United States hundreds of thousands wake up on a Sunday and church never crosses their mind.
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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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Jesus raised the standard high so we would realize we couldn’t possibly do it without a savior.
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Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders.
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