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.

Erwin McManus

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It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.

Erwin McManus

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God allows and at times causes us to go through the kinds of circumstances that strip away all falsehood and leave us with our real selves. God's ultimate intent is not to leave us faithless, but to leave us faith-full. There are few things as exhilarating as going through the fire and finding that you had the resilience to make it through. All of us wonder at times whether we have what it takes. God wants to bring us to a place where we have no doubt of the work He has done within us.

Erwin McManus

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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.

Erwin McManus

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We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.

Erwin McManus

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The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.

Erwin McManus

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Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a guarantee of prestige or adulation. It only matters if you live and die fulfilling the mission you were born for.

Erwin McManus

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The history of God's people is not a record of God searching for courageous men and women who could handle the task, but God transforming the hearts of cowards and calling them to live courageous lives.

Erwin McManus

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God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.

Erwin McManus

dream heart people

Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.

Erwin McManus

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When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.

Erwin McManus

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When you live your life knowing the mission and calling and voice of God in your soul and you know where that compass is driving you forward, you will become a rare commodity in a world searching for direction.

Erwin McManus

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The limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence.

Erwin McManus

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The person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.

Erwin McManus

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Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive.

Erwin McManus

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It is insanity to run from God and search for love.

Erwin McManus

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If our children are going to walk away from Christ, we need to raise them in such a way that they understand that to walk away from Jesus is to walk away from a life of faith, risk and adventure and to choose a life that boring, mundane and ordinary

Erwin McManus

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Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.

Erwin McManus

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Talent doesn't win. Hard work, determination, and character wins. If you root your talent and ability in those things, then you have a powerful combination.

Erwin McManus

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How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.

Erwin McManus

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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.

Erwin McManus

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