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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

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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Theologian
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Life
Small
Forever
Within
Moment
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Monumental
Moments
Ignore
Change
Potential
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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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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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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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Our citizenship is in eternity history is our temporary residence.
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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 need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.
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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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The fuel of ambition is not the problem it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.
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A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.
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Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive.
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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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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.
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Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.
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Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.
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