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It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's.

Henry Blackaby

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Henry Blackaby
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 15
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When leaders claim that God bypasses their followers and speaks directly to them, they greatly diminish all God does through the lives of believers.Leaders who begrudge people the opportunity to seek God themselves and who do not actively teach their people how to hear God's voice have disqualified themselves as spiritual leaders.
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What an incredible witness it is to a lost and fearful society when the Christian acts like a child of God, living under the loving sovereignty of the Heavenly Father.
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God speaks through a variety of means. In the present God primarily speaks by the Holy Spirit, through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church.
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God is always at work around you.
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If things are getting darker, the problem is with us.
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During true revival, thousands of lost people are suddenly swept into the Kingdom of God. Scenes of the lost coming to the Savior in great, and unprecedented numbers, are common.
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The Christian needs to walk in peace, so no matter what happens they will be able to bear witness to a watching world.
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You cannot stay the way you are and go with God.
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People who make decisions based merely on what seems most advisable to them will inevitably choose something inferior to God's best. Jesus, the ultimate model for the Christian life, did not rely on His own best thinking, but depended completely on His heavenly Father for wisdom in everything.
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To be loved by God is the highest relationship, the highest achievement, and the highest position in life.
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Ultimately, leadership is more about 'being' than 'doing.'
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If Christians around the world were to suddenly renounce their personal agendas, their life goals and their aspirations, and begin responding in radical obedience to everything God showed them. the world would be turned upside down. How do we know? Because that's what first century Christians did, and the world is still talking about it.
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Regardless of what we say, it's what we do that reveals what we as a church or individual actually believe about God and His will for us.
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Our difficulty is not that we don't know God's will. Our discomfort comes from the fact that we do know His will, but we do not want to do it.
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Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ.
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Prayerless leaders are like ship captains without compasses they can make their best guess at which direction to go, but they have no assurance they are heading the right way. Prayer keeps leaders focused on the one absolutely consistent factor in life - God.
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We should thank God for being with us, not ask Him to be with us (this is always given!).
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We've got to have a deep, intimate relationship with the Father if we're going to lead like Jesus.
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Nothing is more pathetic than having a small character in a big assignment. Many of us don't want to give attention to our character, we just want the big assignment from God.
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If you know that God loves you, you should never question a directive from Him.
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