Every disciple needs three types of relationships in his life. He needs a ‘Paul’ who can mentor him and challenge him. He needs a ‘Barnabas’ who can come along side and encourage him. And he needs a ‘Timothy,’ someone that he can pour his life into.
You are either in the Word and the Word is conforming you to the image of Jesus Christ, or you are in the world and the world is squeezing you into its mold.
You are free to make choices. You are not free to escape the consequences.
How big is your God? The size of your God determines the size of everything.
The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.
Teaching that impacts is not head to head, but heart to heart.
When God measures a man he puts the tape around the heart, not the head.
My great concern for you in life is not that you will fail, but that you will succeed in doing the wrong things.
God is not looking for more stars; He’s looking for more servants.
You teach what you know, but you reproduce what you are.
So the real question confronting you now is: How can you afford not to be in God’s Word?
People tell me they want to make the Bible relevant. Nonsense. The Bible’s already relevant. You’re the one that’s irrelevant!
It’s a sin to bore people with the Bible.
You can impress from a distance, but you can only impact up close.
A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart.
So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God’s primary tool to develop you as an individual.
Our problem is that we are in the Word but not under the Word.
If you’re just like someone else, we don’t need you.
You cannot impart what you do not possess.
Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is.