Every church, every team, every organization demands and deserves a “vision embodier,” someone whose life values and commitments personify the vision. Cut them and they bleed the vision.
If it’s the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.
Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
We will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.
Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.
How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience.
If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime.
Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.
Savor every day you have the privilege to lead.
The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.
Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
The Christian life is one of faith, where we find ourselves routinely overdriving our headlights but knowing it’s okay because God is in control and has a purpose behind it.
Simplified living is about more than doing less. It’s being who God called us to be, with a wholehearted, single-minded focus.
I look at tens of thousands of church leaders who still do need a bit of an awakening.
If I’ve learned anything about prayer, it’s that desperation drives discipline.
Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.
Humility enables us to learn from each other.
Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.