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The history of God's people is not a record of God searching for courageous men and women who could handle the task, but God transforming the hearts of cowards and calling them to live courageous lives.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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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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True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.
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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.
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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 have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'
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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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You cannot wash the feet of a dirty world if you refuse to touch it
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Courage is not the absence of fear it is the absence of self.
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The future awaits those with the courage to create it.
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God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
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