Erwin McManus Quotes
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If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now.
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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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You are an artist. What work of art will you leave behind?
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Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.
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It is not balance you need but adaptability.
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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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You are both a work of art and an artist at work.
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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 most important moments rarely come at a convenient time.
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My goal is to destroy Christianity.
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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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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
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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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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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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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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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Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
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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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Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.
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What is the future you're creating right now?
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Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.
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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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The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.