Erwin McManus Quotes
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A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.
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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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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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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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It is amazing how much we can endure when we are convinced there is a purpose to our struggle.
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It is not balance you need but adaptability.
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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.
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The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.
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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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The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.
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You are both a work of art and an artist at work.
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Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.
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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 world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
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What is the future you're creating right now?
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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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Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.
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Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.
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The most important moments rarely come at a convenient time.
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Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
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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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I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.
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My goal is to destroy Christianity.
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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.