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“you never maximize your full potential until you learn how to embrace suffering.”
― Steve Carter, This Invitational Life: Risking Yourself to Align with God's Heartbeat for Humanity

“You can always tell when a desire for protocol has replaced a desire for God. It looks like an unwillingness to embrace growth and a resistance to change. But you can’t stop good news!”
― Steve Carter, This Invitational Life: Risking Yourself to Align with God's Heartbeat for Humanity

“1. Live. Get swept up in God’s great love and know your own relationship with him. This invitational life begins with going deep with Jesus. 2. Show up. Live a life that demands an explanation. Live openly and transparently before others, so they see a difference in you and wonder what you have. 3. Relate. Engage in other people’s lives. Listen to them and relate to their stories. Become interesting to people by being interested in them. 4. Risk. Trust God by leaving the familiar and stepping into the unfamiliar; risk yourself to align with God’s heartbeat for humanity. Make the difference you were created to make in the world.”
― Steve Carter, This Invitational Life: Risking Yourself to Align with God's Heartbeat for Humanity

“The better the listener, the smarter the person. The better the listener, the stronger the invitation. When we long to hear the Spirit, and we’re deliberately intentional about learning from him, we are also training ourselves to listen well to others.”
― Steve Carter, This Invitational Life: Risking Yourself to Align with God's Heartbeat for Humanity