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The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.
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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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The fuel of ambition is not the problem it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.
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