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One Focus Living is about living out your faith through acts of friendship and strengthening your relationship with Jesus Christ. God specializes in using the most unlikely and ordinary candidates, and he can use your unique gifts and talents to make a difference right where you live, work and play. Through Scripture, advice, and God stories, you will be challenged to change the world with God's love, one person at a time.
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Scotty Sanders
Scotty Sanders has been leading organizations for thirty years—first as CEO for a multimillion-dollar company and then for twenty years in executive and administrative pastor roles for two megachurches. Scotty is an author and highly sought speaker who has worked with hundreds of pastors and consulted with churches both nationally and internationally. Scotty and his wife, Cindy, live near Dallas, Texas.
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