Shannon D. Stanley

Husband to Charidy. Father to Lincoln & Harrison - Pastor of New Life Church of Garland, Tx.

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Cynicism can’t find a home in a healthy heart.

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Treating small things like big things and big things like small things are both signs that something deeper is wrong.

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Of all the lies we tell, the ones we tell ourselves are the deadliest.

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Gratitude always fosters humility.

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Foolishness is just unapplied knowledge.

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Pride always makes us think that rules don’t apply to us or that we can violate them without repercussion.

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Self-obsession is a good way to invite pride to run right through the middle of our soul.

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A hurried life leads to an unexamined and disconnected life. It kills intimacy with God, with family, and with friends.

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Disconnection is a human problem. Technology just makes it worse.

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Our obsession with our own story is leading us to ignore others and to refuse to confess our root problem. No wonder we feel disconnected.

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We’re living in sad times when, “I’ve got peace about it” or “I don’t think a loving God would do that” carries more weight than a Bible verse.

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When my truth becomes more important than the truth, the Bible loses its objective authority.

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The heart of the Christian faith isn’t about satisfying yourself, it’s about dying to yourself.

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We can’t build the future church on people who live in the past.

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Marathons are long. Eternity is longer.

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Momentum is normally more important than perfection.

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An unattended field doesn’t grow crops, it grows weeds.

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Perception precedes action. Where the head goes, the body will follow.

[Shannon D. Stanley @ShannonDStanley]

Marin Luther: “The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold on me.”

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The truth is often less exciting than lies and half-truths.