What is the future you're creating right now? Erwin McManus More Quotes by Erwin McManus More Quotes From Erwin McManus This thing that haunts you, that never seems satisfied, the cravings in your soul that you are unable to satiate through all the success that the world can bring this is your soul screaming for God. Erwin McManus satisfied soul world For years I have made it my mission to destroy the influence of the Christian clich, 'the safest place to be is in the center of the will of God.' God would never choose for us safety at the cost of significance. God created you so that your life would count, not so that you could count the days of your life. Erwin McManus safety christian years We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?' Erwin McManus determine want trying Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive. Erwin McManus longing instinct alive A world without God cannot wait for us to choose the safe path. If we wait for someone else to take the risk, we risk that no one will ever act and that nothing will ever be accomplished. Erwin McManus risk waiting world The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are... When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves...Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us. Erwin McManus healthy community self The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead. Erwin McManus leader people needs True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom. Erwin McManus true-religion giving moving You are both a work of art and an artist at work. Erwin McManus works-of-art artist art You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it. Erwin McManus life-well-lived wells doe Courage frees us from the fears that would rob us of life itself. Erwin McManus The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others. Erwin McManus real opportunity The first and most important step in the process of becoming genuinely is to be once again authenticated by the original designer. Erwin McManus becoming important firsts Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children. Erwin McManus church country children We can’t change history, but we can create the future. Erwin McManus cant-change To live outside of God's will puts us in danger; to live in his will makes us dangerous. Erwin McManus gods-will dangerous danger Problems, obstacles, and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can become the springboard into a whole new world. Erwin McManus limits challenges world The Barbarian Way was, in some sense, trying to create a volatile fuel to get people to step out and act. It's pretty hard to get a whole group of people moving together as individuals who are stepping into a more mystical, faith-oriented, dynamic kind of experience with Christ. So, I think Barbarian Way was my attempt to say, "Look, underneath what looks like invention, innovation and creativity is really a core mysticism that hears from God, and what is fueling this is something really ancient." That's what was really the core of The Barbarian Way. Erwin McManus creativity moving thinking The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us. Erwin McManus fuel focus ambition Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man. Erwin McManus prayer men jesus
