God didn't make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.
There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
Life's great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God's mysterious promptings.
Every single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.
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.
It's incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God's plan
The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It's the presence of a reconciling spirit.
When you get to the end will God say, "Well done," or, "What was up with that?"
Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
Obeying the Spirit instead of your own self-centered whims will lead you to places you've never been, challenge you in ways you have never been challenged, and invite levels of sacrifice you never dreamed you could make. This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
I would never want to reach out someday with a soft, uncallused hand-a hand never dirtied by serving-and shake the nail-pierced hand of Jesus.
It's one thing to see a vision; it's another thing to be seized by a vision.
Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
Leadership is not for the faint of heart
If you are too busy or too proud to pray with your children, you are too busy and too proud.
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.
You don't have to be any more talented, any richer, any slimmer, any smarter, any more or less of anything to partner with God. All you have to be is willing to be used by him in everyday way
Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
Life is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There's just too much at stake.
Authentic Christianity is a supernatural walk with a living, dynamic, communicating God.
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