The key to ministry in any and every context, both now and for the last two thousand years, is missionary flexibility.
God, make me a man with thick skin and a soft heart. Make me a man who is tough and tender. Make me tough so I can handle life. Make me tender so I can love people. God, make me a man.
Worry is worthless. It can’t change the past or control the future. It only spoils the moment.
If your friends never make you uncomfortable. You don’t have friends. You have fans.
We should never intentionally offend, but if you follow Jesus, you will offend religious people.
Most people think that Christianity is spelled DO: they look at the Bible or the life of Christ, and they simply try hard to live like Jesus. Christianity is really spelled DONE: it is what Christ has done that enables us to live a life of obedience.30.
Would your city weep if your church did not exist?
Is Jesus a Saviour who saves you, or is he an assistant who helps you save yourself?
Discipline is rarely enjoyable, but almost always profitable.
Humility is not just declaring that you are not God. It is deciding daily to not be God.
You don’t measure your maturity by comparing yourself with others. You judge maturity by comparing yourself to Jesus.
God doesn’t want your crises-mode promises.