The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.
It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.
If leaders don’t have an antidote for fear they will be crushed by it. What is your antidote?
The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, serve somebody, encourage somebody or give something away. Very rarely will the evil one lead us to do those kinds of things.
You may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.
The local church is the hope of the world.
The Lord’s Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God’s attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.
Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.
Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
One thing is that life’s great moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings-nudges that always lean toward finding what’s been lost and freeing what’s been enslaved .
The real deal is always going to win in the end.
Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
Authentic Christianity is a supernatural walk with a living, dynamic, communicating God.
Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.
Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.