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I think a lot of us are not on a path we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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Great dreams require great courage.
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God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
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The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.
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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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Courage is not the absence of fear it is the absence of self.
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When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves.
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You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it.
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Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.
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