Erwin McManus Quotes
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We may not be able to accomplish everything we can dream, but we will not accomplish anything without our dreams.
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The most important moments rarely come at a convenient time.
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It is not balance you need but adaptability.
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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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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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True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.
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If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now.
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My goal is to destroy Christianity.
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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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You are both a work of art and an artist at work.
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To live outside of God's will puts us in danger; to live in his will makes us dangerous.
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You are an artist. What work of art will you leave behind?
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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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Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
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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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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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Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.
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What is the future you're creating right now?
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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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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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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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As a speaker, I can inspire people to change but as a writer I can guide people to change. That's why books are so important. As a pastor, though, I can be a part of creating the change the world so desperately needs.
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The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.