Dan B. Allender

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• The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to… All
• Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do battle with God… Abstract
• Bold love is courageously setting aside our personal agenda to move humbly into the world of others with their well-being in view, willing to risk… Agenda
• Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another’s glory or toward degrading each other. Another S
• To dream alone is fantasy if it doesn't move the heart to act. Act
• A leader - whether in the home, church, business, community, or government - has authority due to her role, but her positional power will not… Authority
• You may obey a leader who has power and authority, but you will not strive to serve her or the cause of the organization unless… Addition
• Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of leading. Best
• One of the best sources of perspective is enemies. If we can learn from them, then we can profit from anyone. Anyone
• The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail you, to sabotage your leadership,… Back Door
• If you are a leader, it is not possible to be at peace with all and friends with everyone. All
• Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain. Challenges
• Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done. Away Fear
• Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality. Courage
• For most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls. Fall
• In order to reclaim the joy and passion of leadership, we must walk the valley of the shadow of death and name the cost of… Cost
• If you lead, you will eventually serve with Judas or Peter. Eventually
• A reluctant leader is highly suspicious of people who work to accumulate and hoard power. Accumulate
• It is God's design to use reluctant servants to usher in glory. Design
• To experience brokenness and humiliation all you have to do is lead. All
• Idealism may get us into the fray, but it is the loss of all we cherish that begins to form in us a heart capable… All
• The more we walk the path first while becoming last and least in our organizations, the more we become like the Alpha and Omega whom… Alpha
• What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star. Leading
• So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one… Ablaze
• Reconciliation is not to be withheld when repentance—that is, deep, heart‐changing acknowledgement of sin and a radical redirection of life—takes place in the one being… Acknowledgement

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