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It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a guarantee of prestige or adulation. It only matters if you live and die fulfilling the mission you were born for.
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I am convinced the Church is the greatest hope for humanity and for creating a new world where everyone is valued and embraced regardless of differences.
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Love never comes without wounds faith never comes without failure.
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The most important moments rarely come at a convenient time
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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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God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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To be apathetic is literally to be without passion.
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It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.
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The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.
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A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.
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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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Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive.
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You can plant a church and grow a church. That's not that hard to do, but it's harder to be a viable source of transformation in a city or your time or space.
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The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.
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A world without God cannot wait for us to choose the safe path. If we wait for someone else to take the risk, we risk that no one will ever act and that nothing will ever be accomplished.
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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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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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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.
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God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.
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