84 Quotes by Dan B. Allender

The cost for the recipient of God’s grace is nothing, and no price could be higher for arrogant people to pay.

Sane, reasonable, play-it-safe people are not sufficiently engaged in life to generate great stories. Instead, they sit back and wait for a leader-storyteller to come along and get them caught up in a life worth living.

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 worship.

The sole reason to serve as a Christian is Jesus, yet He is easily lost in the various activities that consume our days.

A leader – whether in the home, church, business, community, or government – has authority due to her role, but her positional power will not bring about good for individuals or organizations unless it is backed up by the capital of character.

It is not presumptuous to ask, ‘What is it that you see in me that brings you delight?

The only parameter that is to guide our Sabbath is delight. Will this be merely a break or a joy? Will this lead my heart to wonder or routine? Will I be more grateful or just happy that I got something done?

A new story begins the moment an old one ends. But a denouement is a respite that calls us to stop the journey for a brief interlude – to eat, drink, sing, dance and tell our story to others.

Disillusionment takes us to the question: what does it profit a man if he gains this world and loses himself? And disillusionment exposes that while we were supposedly serving the kingdom, we somehow became the king, and when we thought we were following Jesus, we inexplicably made him a servant of our dreams. The only real tragedy is the leader who never allows disillusionment to wear him to a nub and expose the godlessness of his busyness.