The business of church is ultimately people. You're trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“A key component of growth is grace—enough grace to open up and bring things into the light to be healed. Because” — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“We grow in part by confessing our faults and weaknesses to each other (James 5:16; Eccl. 4:10). If we are always being… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“The primary reason for growth must be that one is “hungering for righteousness”—not for someone else, but for oneself.” — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
We know from research that growth is actually contagious, so if you want to reach your goals, you've got to get around… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between hurt and harm. We all hurt sometimes in facing hard truths, but it makes us grow.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Dating is not only a wonderful time of life, but also a context for enormous spiritual and personal growth. You learn so… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Getting to the next level always requires ending something, leaving it behind, and moving on. Growth demands that we move on. Without… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present. — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“Are we paying attention to what is important, inhibiting the things that will not help or will hurt us, and keeping current?” — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“Neglecting them leads to spiritual and emotional problems; having them met, however, frees us to meet the needs of others cheerfully and without resentment.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“we need people to whom we can talk and who will understand without invalidating our feelings by saying the following: You shouldn’t feel that… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“What appear to be dangerous and even bad periods in some lives can actually bring them closer to the Lord, because these individuals honestly… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“We are drawn to Jesus because “he learned obedience from what he suffered” (Heb. 5:8). People who are growing up are also drawn to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy, and you have to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel. — Henry Cloud Copy Share
Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives. — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“Forgiveness and opening up to more abuse are not the same thing. Forgiveness has to do with the past. Reconciliation and boundaries have to… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“The old saying, “Don’t get mad. Just get even” isn’t accurate. It’s far better to say, “Don’t get mad. Set a limit!” Myth” — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“When we fail to express our needs, we remain islands unto ourselves—detached, alone, arrogant, and proud. But when we expose our needs, we are… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
“Receiving forgiveness when we know we’ve truly blown it is a humbling and growth-producing experience. It’s the only thing better than forgiving someone else.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share
