Your character is who you really are.
Your response to opportunities, adversities and calling, determine the type of leader you become.
What does it say about us that we are rarely perplexed by the good things that come our way, only the bad?
The greatest motivator of change is a crystal-clear vision of what the future should look like.
Jesus did not come to be right. He came to make disciples.
A principle is a principle, and God created all the principles.
Leaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.
A fool is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong, and chooses to do wrong.
Rebellion never goes without consequences.
God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
As a pastor, I’ve spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.
Vision rarely require immediate action. It requires patience.
We don’t drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.
What would bring about a revival of epic proportion?
You won’t take risk without courage.
No one ever has the resources they need.
Every story of change there is always someone who didn’t have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.
I’ve talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don’t really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don’t need a solution. They need a new direction.
As you give to fund God’s needs, are you forced to trust Him to provide for yours? That’s what a growing faith is about. And over the long haul, it’s not enough just to commit to a percentage. Growth means reviewing your giving goals and occasionally increasing the percentage you give.
We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.