To reach up for the new, you must let go of the old. What lies behind you is not nearly as important as what lies in front of you.
When you believe, it activates God’s power.
I think we should enjoy our families and everyone that we love right now, each day.
I encourage people in a lot of my messages that you’ve got to make the most of every day.
I think sometimes you just lose your focus, and I think that’s easy to do when you start getting more fame, more money, more power.
This is a day that God has given me. It’s a gift. I can never relive this day. And I’m not going to live it angry, in unforgiveness, and mad at somebody. If I don’t get my way, I’m going to believe that God’s still in control.
Don’t get stuck where you are, keep growing. It’s a decision you have to make because it is easy to get stuck. Make a decision to develop better habits, to have better relationships and just to keep the enthusiasm for life.
I’m trying to teach people how to live their everyday lives, and so I do focus on it, probably not as much as some people would like.
I feel like when I stay focused on encouraging people, and giving them hope, and helping them live their everyday life, I think that’s where I can have the most impact.
You know what? I’m not going to beat myself up. I did the best I can do, and so I’m going to believe that – I’m going to believe good things about myself.
There are a lot of decisions we pass up on because we think, “You know what? That’s just going to build – you know, maybe that’s going to build me and not build the ministry and what I’m trying to do.” So we pass up on a lot of opportunities.
Back in Bible days, there were these famous schools of the prophets, but some of the ones Jesus chose didn’t come through that route – and not to say that they weren’t good, but I’m comfortable.
I see people – they won’t be negative toward other people, but inside they’re negative toward themselves, and I think that holds us back.
God is a good God, and that he’s on our side, and that he has great things in store and I believe that as we receive the forgiveness that Christ came and was born and died to give us, then we can live a great life.
So many people talk about themselves: “I’m unattractive, my mind’s so slow, and I can’t do this.” And you know what I tell them? “God didn’t make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.”
There’s a lot of negative things trying to pull people down, and I think people respond when you tell them that hey, there are good things up ahead.
I like to start my day off every morning, take the first half hour and just search my own heart, see if I’m on the right course, try to be honest with myself – am I doing this for the right reasons?
I try to teach people that I believe God wants us to be positive toward ourselves, meaning that, you know what, I like the way I look, I like the way I sound, I’m happy with what I’m doing in my career – and not always be beating ourselves down.
I’m not perfect, but I think that I’ve done good to stay focused on what I’m called to do.
We deal with people that are going through divorces and that are facing life-threatening illnesses, and I’m giving them hope. And to me, I don’t think there’s anything “lite” about that.