Andy Stanley Christian Quotations

I'm concerned about the plight of children. But I'm not on a mission to get all the available orphans in the world adopted into Christian homes.

No one ever has the resources they need.

Every story of change there is always someone who didn't have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.

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

Resources follow vision.

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

If you want to know if I'm a Godly man, follow me home.

Charisma on stage is not necessarily evidence of the Holy Spirit.

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

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

Two primary ways to keep volunteers motivated - Food and T-shirts.

We ask our volunteers, "Do you work here?" They say, "Not yet."

The more you expect from a volunteer the more you get.

If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.

We always have more ideas than we can fund.

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.

Every local church has a leader but it seems so few local churches are being led.

Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.

Christians are viewed as being "judgmental, homophobic, moralists" who think they are the only ones going to heaven and who "secretly relish the fact that everyone else is going to hell.

Blame is a change-avoidance strategy.

We want time in with our kids not time out.

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

What is this generation of students worth? It's worth everything.

The reason we're here today is because years ago God broke Reggie Joiner's heart over the state of children.

My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.

God uses broken-hearted leaders.

Me and Sandra are thoroughly satisfied customers as parents of kids who came through this Orange model.

We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.

You are where you are because the generation before you paid attention to their broken heart.

Who are you and what breaks your heart?

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

If you're a Christian you can't have an "I'm better than" attitude toward anyone because everybody is somebody for whom Jesus died.

If you want to know what Jesus meant by what Jesus said, pay attention to that Jesus did.

Maintaining peace with God is more important than keeping pace with someone else.

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

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

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

Why? Why did God provide me with more than I need?

The followers of Jesus did not die for what they believed - they died for what they claim to have seen.

One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.

If there is a perceived difference between what you expect from others and what you expect from yourself, it will eventually erode your influence.

God's extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others.

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

Here's something to think about: If God appeared to you and asked, "Why should I let you into heaven?" how would you answer?

Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders.

This is why we give up on things that break our heart because it requires change.

Leaders fix things that are broken.

Fixing things requires change and change always creates conflict. But that is why you are a leader.

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

What breaks my heart is in the United States hundreds of thousands wake up on a Sunday and church never crosses their mind.

When you harness your leadership skill to your broken heart change happens.

Leaders are all about what isn't and what-needs-to-be be.

Leaders love progress.

Progress requires change.

Jesus healed people one at a time because God cares about individual people.

Leaders make things better and that requires change.

One of the most compelling arguments for the Christian faith is the simple fact that it survived.

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

If a volunteer can help us with an immediate need, we can put them in a place to make their greatest contribution.

Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.

It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain.

People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy.

Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.

If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.

T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."

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

Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.

Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.

When I count other people's blessings I lose sight of mine.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.

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

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.

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