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God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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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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So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and we must all grow up one day. We, even if reluctantly, fall into place to live a life of conformity that we describe as ‘maturity.’ We’ve made acting like an adult synonymous with living apathetic lives.
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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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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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Courage is not the absence of fear it is the absence of self.
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Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.
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The church must acclimate to a changing world, or she will destine herself to irrelevance or even extinction. ...One of those dramatic changes in our environment is the shift from words to images. To do church in a way that is entirely text driven is the kiss of death.
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Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.
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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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Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
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Great dreams require great courage.
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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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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 you live your life knowing the mission and calling and voice of God in your soul and you know where that compass is driving you forward, you will become a rare commodity in a world searching for direction.
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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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When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.
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Love never comes without wounds faith never comes without failure.
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The greatest enemy to the movement of Jesus Christ is Christianity.
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The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
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