Excellence-moral, ethical, personal excellence-is worth whatever it costs.
The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God’s keeping.
More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks.
God’s word is tailor-made for gray-slush days. It sends a beam of light through the fog. It signals safety when we fear we’ll never make it through.
No pressure is greater than God’s power.
Acceptance is taking from God’s hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
If God’s people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be – it must be – compassion.
The decision to give ourselves to others is a daily taking up of the cross.
God declared me righteous!
Grace is ours. Let’s live it! Deny it or debate it and we kill it.
Pride leaves no room for grace.
GRACE: All you can do is take it.
Joy springs from a life lived with eternity’s values in view.
Not every Christian finds it easy to believe.
More often than not, when something looks like it’s the absolute end, it is really the beginning.
For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail...
Anyone who influences others is a leader.
Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.
We can’t solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely.
While I wholeheartedly believe in choosing to approach every challenge with a great attitude, I don’t mean that we should abandon authenticity and live in fantasyland.