As I look back on my own life, I recognize this simple truth: The greatest opportunities were the scariest lions. Part of me has wanted to play it safe, but I’ve learned that taking no risks is the greatest risk of all.
You can have faith or you can have control, but you cannot have both.
Because you know He can, you can pray with holy confidence.
The only way you can fail is if you stop praying.
If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do.
Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do more.
You are only one defining decision away from a totally different life!
Jesus didn’t die to make us safe. He died to make us dangerous.
When did we start believing God wants to send us to safe places to do easy things?
Don’t accumulate possessions; accumulate experiences!
The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk.
What’s unique about Washington is that no one’s from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.
When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.
I have an unshakable sense of destiny because I know that as long as I pursue God’s calling on my life, then God is ultimately responsible for getting me where He wants me to go.
I’ve always believed in the power of prayer. One prayer can accomplish more than a thousand plans. That isn’t a magic formula, but it’s an idea that if you pray, keep praying and then praying some more.
It is absolutely imperative at the outset that you come to terms with this simple yet life-changing truth: God is for you. If you don’t believe that, then you’ll pray small timid prayers; if you do believe it, then you’ll pray big audacious prayers.
I think you often say more by saying less. And interestingly enough, I mean, Jesus really set the standard. I mean, he could say more with fewer words than anybody. Most of the parables were less than 250 words. And, boy, did he have some one-liners just packed with truth.
Praying through is all about CONSISTENCY and INTENSITY. It’s ‘all-nighter’ prayer. It just won’t take ‘NO’ for an answer!
Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don’t know. The other half is unlearning what we do know.
Faith is not logical. But it isn’t illogical either. Faith is theological. It does not ignore reality; it just adds God into the equation.