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#1. No matter how much money we have or make, we will probably never consider ourselves rich. The biggest challenge facing rich people is that they've lost they're ability to recognize that they're rich.

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#2. Leaders make things better and that requires change.

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#3. We're so absorbed in the effort to get rich, we no longer recognize when we are rich.

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#4. The health of your marriage tomorrow will be determined by the decisions you make today.

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#5. If a leader goes with their gut, it should be after listening first to people they trust.

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#6. If you don't clarify your goal, you'll never identify the best approach.

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#7. Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

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#8. Nothing has stolen more dreams, dashed more hopes, broken up more families, and messed up more people psychologically than our propensity to disregard God's commands regarding sexual purity.

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#9. I can't make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.

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#10. Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices.

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#11. Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

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#12. Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.

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#13. Nothing is more honoring to your heavenly Father than making life decisions based upon what he has claimed about himself.

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#14. Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

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#15. We don't drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

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#16. You have no idea what hangs in the balance of your decision on what to do with the burden God put in your heart.

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#17. You can't influence people you refuse to associate with.

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#18. At the end of the day, God's love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

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#19. When you make giving a priority, something happens inside of you. Especially when it's financially challenging to do so. It's like you loosen your grip on a value system whose motto says, "Money is the key to life and happiness and safety."

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#20. There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

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#21. Who are you and what breaks your heart?

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#22. I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.

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#23. When Nehemiah's heart was broken he paid attention to his broken heart.

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#24. Environments are the messages before the message.

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#25. My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.

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#26. If you feed an appetite, it grows. Satisfying an appetite does not diminish it. It expands it. To diminish an appetite, you have to starve it.

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#27. If the Old and New Testament teach us anything, they teach us that nothing is too difficult for God. What he originates, he orchestrates.

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#28. For reasons known only to him, God has chosen to work through men and women who are willing to make sacrifices for the sake of the "thing" he has placed in their hearts to do. If God bas birthed a vision in you, it is only a matter of time until you will come upon the precipice of sacrifice.

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#29. People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.

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#30. Jesus didn't command his followers to feel something. He commanded them to do some things.

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#31. They have adjusted their style in order to worship with their kids. Shouldn't we be willing to adjust ours to reach their kids?

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#32. What God originates, God orchestrates.

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#33. It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God

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#34. How do you recruit and keep volunteers? Part of the answer is that we clarify the win. Countless individuals quit working in churches every year

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#35. When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

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#36. Jesus doesn't take sides; He takes over.

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#37. Vision evokes emotion. There is no such thing as an emotionless vision.

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#38. What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!

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#39. What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.

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#40. Initially, your vision will exceed your competency.

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#41. Whenever we have more than we need, our natural assumption will be that it's for our own consumption.

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#42. Blame is a change-avoidance strategy.

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#43. You don't sit around looking for reasons to do the right thing; it's the bad decisions that require creative reasoning.

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#44. In leadership there are always problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. When you try to solve a tension, you create a problem.

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#45. Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.

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#46. Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.

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#47. What could be and should be can't be until God is ready for it to be.

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#48. If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.

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#49. What have we fallen in love with that's not as effective as it used to be? What do we love doing that's not really working? What's off limits for discussion? Do we have any "old couches" that need to be thrown out?

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#50. "How" is what kills vision and dreams. Don't ask "How" until we figure out the "What". The "How" can kill the "What".

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#51. You may be good. You may even be better than everyone esle. But without a coach you will never be as good as you could be.

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#52. Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both ... It's easy to create an all-truth church model. It may be even easier to create an all-grace model, but Jesus didn't leave either option on the table.

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#53. The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.

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#54. It is amazing what can be accomplished when we wait on God to lead us out. It is equally amazing the mess we can make of things when we charge out on our own.

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#55. Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right.

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#56. It's ok for people to feel bad about the wrong things they've done.

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#57. Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

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#58. How you live your life on this side of the grave determines what happens next.

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#59. If your vision is for a year, plant wheat. If your vision is for ten years, plant trees If your vision is for a lifetime, plant people. CHINESE PROVERB

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#60. Vision is a mental picture of what could be, fueled by a passion that it should be.

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#61. Forgiveness is simply a decision to cancel a debt.

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#62. The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.

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#63. Whenever there is fear, there is opportunity. When there is great fear, there is great opportunity.

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#64. Narrow the Focus. By that I mean you shouldn't try to do everything; you should do a few things well.

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#65. God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.

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#66. Leadership isn't making all the decisions. It is making sure the right decisions are made.

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#67. Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink

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#68. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. (EPHESIANS 5:21)

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#69. You make PEACE with your past by owning your PIECE of the past.

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#70. Preacher's kids need another consistent voice in their lives over the years.

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#71. Be who you are. But be the very best communicator you can possibly be. To do that you must be willing to sacrifice what's comfortable-what has become part of your style-for the sake of what is effective.

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#72. None of us plan
or intend
to get into trouble. The problem is, we don't plan not to.

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#73. People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.

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#74. A leader should never risk their ability to make a difference by making an unnecessary point.

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#75. When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that's when really smart people start doing really stupid things.

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#76. Most of us wake up every day and make decision that will make us happy, and generally decisions that will make us happy right then in the moment or that day. We are not really on a truth quest.

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#77. Many years from now, what would you like people to line up and thank you for?

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#78. When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.

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#79. Saying a prayer won't make you a Christian. Placing your faith in Christ as your savior makes you a Christian.

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#80. Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable.

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#81. VISIONEERING = INSPIRATION + CONVICTION + ACTION + DETERMINATION + COMPLETION

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#82. Before I draw people's attention to a solution, I want to make sure they are emotionally engaged with the problem. If the text answers a question, I dare not go there until everyone in the audience really wants to know the answer.

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#83. To be the best next-generation leader you can be, you must enlist the help of others. Self-evaluation is helpful, but evaluation from someone else is essential. You need a leadership coach. Coaching enables a leader to go further faster.

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#84. Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.

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#85. Don't be fair, be engaged.

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#86. Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

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#87. As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.

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#88. What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, "tenth." For some people, that's extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.

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#89. Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.

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#90. It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

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#91. After all, it takes a lot of planning to marry the wrong person.

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#92. In a volunteer organization there has to be time for community.

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#93. The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.

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#94. The value of a life is determined by what we give away.

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#95. People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.

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#96. Being a sinner does not disqualify you from following Jesus. It's a prerequisite.

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#97. Kindness is love's response to weakness

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#98. Rich people have the potential to reach a point where they see money as the source of their safety and security.

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#99. Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.

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#100. There are some rich people who, no matter how much God sends their way, never seem to put their hope in their riches.

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