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“The best predictor of success is grit. How you choose to respond to life’s trials—your uncommon moments—is everything.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly: The Courage To Live A Powerful Christian Life

“Purposeful living is a strong indicator of happiness. Live big. Believe bigger. Thrive always.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly: The Courage To Live A Powerful Christian Life

“We get what we expect in life, as Norman Cousins pointed out, “The main trouble with despair is that it’s self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can’t scan the horizon for new openings. A burst of energy does not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Robertson Davies writes, “Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and then become even more extraordinary because of it.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Keep wise people around you who have similar goals. Iron sharpens iron.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly: The Courage To Live A Powerful Christian Life

“Failure’s nothing more than an opportunity for greater success.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly: The Courage To Live A Powerful Christian Life

“Don’t be ordinary; strive for extraordinary. Demand excellence in everything.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly: The Courage To Live A Powerful Christian Life

“Our circumstances don’t frame our view of God; rather, Jesus frames our view of our circumstances. The Holy Spirit is not finished yet.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“spend quality time with real friends who believe God is who He says He is. One thing is for sure: we rarely achieve anything of importance within our comfort zone. So, get going. No excuses for any tadpole nor you.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“No matter the circumstances, God is bigger than your greatest storm. As Christine Caine said, “You don’t have to live in defeat, you don’t have to live in doubt, you don’t have to be insecure. What Satan created will not define me.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“It’s tadpole faith. All in, all the time.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“During times of trouble, go on automatic like a SEAL in training too. Hold steadfast. Don’t fear the pain; embrace it. Repurpose your trials and see what comes out the other side. Find your identity in Christ, not in your crisis. Bad things happen, but you always have a choice: either go beyond the mudflats or get stuck in the black muck.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“is already planted in your mind, ready to raise its voice when needed.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“having an explosive faith—one that can move mountains—requires three key elements. The first is God’s Word. This is equivalent to C4. It has the potential to detonate an explosion that can be felt by everyone who knows you. But for that power to be unleashed, the Bible can’t just sit there on the shelf. You have to read it and meditate on it, so the words leap off the page and into your soul. The second element is prayer. Prayer is equivalent to the heat required to ignite the C4. Prayer opens up the pathway between you and God, kindling the flame of the Holy Spirit in your heart.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Just as God uses people to do His work, so does the enemy.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Every battle you fight is won or lost in your head before you take any action.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Those of us who live to be a hundred are but a wisp of smoke in the wind, here for a moment and then gone for eternity.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“we can all find ourselves in a daze at times, so overwhelmed by life that we begin wandering away from God and our faith community, and we head straight toward trouble.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“As psychiatrist M. Scott Peck said, “Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Tadpole faith teaches us to live from trial to trial throughout the day, never taking a single second or any evolution for granted. Christ-followers are never out of the fight, nor do we take God—or our lives—for granted.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“I often wonder if my faith in Christ is that locked in. Would I continue to defend the name of Jesus while being dragged on my back while under fire?”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Listening to God means more than just listening in the moment. It also means reading and meditating on the Scriptures consistently so that when such moments arise, His Word”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Satan not only wants us to give up on ourselves but, equally important, he also wants us to give up on God. Tadpole faith is fiery and passionate and requires an all-in attitude that locks in on truth. This steadfast faith is available to you, me, and anyone else who decides that their faith is more important than whatever fear, temptation, or weakness they may be experiencing.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“we must keep our eyes fixed on God’s Word. If we do, we’ll remain on course. The minute we take our eyes off God’s Word, we begin to drift away from the truth, joy, love, and peace God wants for us.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“It’s high time for us to stop, read, and remember what’s really going on all around us. We have to get up and enter the fight, not with the weapons of human strength or psychological might, but with the spiritual weapons of worship, witness, and prayer. In short, we need more war rooms. We need to step into the closet and make it ground zero for our fiercest battles. It’s time that we stopped going it alone and started getting personal with Jesus. This might be hard, but it’s our only path to victory.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“Wisdom means seeing life from God’s perspective.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“In the midst of adversity, we tend to focus on the problems rushing toward us. As Christ-followers, however, we should keep our eyes locked on Jesus with God’s all-powerful confidence. It’s so easy to allow the enemy to paralyze us with anxieties and fears when our attention should remain focused on the Creator of the universe instead.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“whenever harmful or impure thoughts from the enemy attack, I fight back by opening God’s Word. Or I exercise, take a walk, pray, or call up a friend or read a worthwhile article.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“God desires your heart, your faith, your surrender, an intimate relationship with you—these will provide you with lasting joy. “The greatness of anyone’s power,” said William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, “is the measure of their surrender.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly

“you through those tough times, your swim buddy can be a friend, a sibling, your spouse, or your pastor. All that’s required is someone who can keep his or her head above water, someone who isn’t drowning already and in danger of pulling you down with them. It’s alright to help such people, but when it comes to the long haul, choose a swim buddy who can match you stroke for stroke so you can continue to encourage each other as you move toward your destination.”
― L.C. Fowler, Dare To Live Greatly