What we believe determines how we behave.Ģ9. What and who you listen to will influence what you do.Ģ8. Faith is confidence that God is who He says He is and that He will do everything He has promised to do.Ģ7. Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something you do, but someone you raise.Ģ6. The thing you are most devoted to will determine what you worry about the most.Ģ5.
What you have is less important than what you do with what you have.Ģ4. Take your cue about you from the One who made you.Ģ3. You may need to lower your standard of living to raise your quality of life.Ģ2. Rules are confirmation, not a condition, of a relationship with God.Ģ0. What would an extraordinary version of you do today?ġ9. The divorce rate in couples that pray together out loud on a regular basis is one in ten thousand.ġ8. In light of my past experience, current circumstances, and future hopes and dreams, what’s the wise thing for me to do?ġ7. The value of your life is determined by how much of it you give away.ġ6. Your friends will influence the quality and direction of your life.ġ5. Are you the person you’re looking for is looking for?ġ4. But it should be short and memorable” (p. People are impacted by statements that stick. You need a sticky statement… It doesn’t need to be cute. Andy says, “Generally speaking, people will not be impacted by a paragraph.
When the question is positioned in the front and center of peoples’ minds, then you’re ready to deliver the point.īut it needs to be memorable. Otherwise you are about to spend twenty or thirty minutes of your life answering a question nobody is asking” (p. “Focus on the question you are intending to answer until you are confident your audience wants it answered. Andy advises communicators to create tension in their messages. We have to establish common ground with people around the topic of the message. “If we give answers to questions no one is asking or attempt to resolve a tension that no one is feeling, then our information is likely to fall on deaf ears.” (p. We’ll begin reading at verse 17.”Īndy describes the current situation in Communicating for a Change :
I remember going to church and hearing the pastor begin a message by saying, “Please turn with me in your Bible to Ephesians chapter 3. Andy Stanley changed the way pastors communicate.
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