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When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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When we dwell on the past, we tend to want to live there. When we dream of the future, we want to go there. Our dreams are where God paints a picture of a life waiting to be created.
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Within a moment there is monumental potential. That is the mystery of a moment. It is small enough to ignore and big enough to change your life forever
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Our citizenship is in eternity history is our temporary residence.
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I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.
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To live outside of God's will puts us in danger to live in his will makes us dangerous.
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If our children are going to walk away from Christ, we need to raise them in such a way that they understand that to walk away from Jesus is to walk away from a life of faith, risk and adventure and to choose a life that boring, mundane and ordinary
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Your soul craves truth, beauty, wonder, love. Your soul craves to dream, to imagine, and even simply to understand. Your soul craves to connect, to commune, to create.
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Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name.
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I am convinced most Americans - yes even white Americans - are committed to justice and equality for all people. I am convinced that most Americans are disgusted and even ashamed that Nazism is alive and well in this country that fought to defeat its evil ideology.
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We can’t change history, but we can create the future.
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The future belongs to those who have the courage to create it. We need a new humanity. We need a new expression of community. We need the Church to bring the world together. This makes me excited.
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It is not balance you need but adaptability.
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