One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.
God didn't make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
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.
Life's great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God's mysterious promptings.
There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
It's incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God's plan
Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It's the presence of a reconciling spirit.
A leader's most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.
It's one thing to see a vision; it's another thing to be seized by a vision.
God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
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.
Leadership is not for the faint of heart
Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
For a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, 'This is me. I'm not proud of it - in fact, I'm a little embarrassed by it - but this is who I am.
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?
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.
If we were to boil down Christianity to its core, we'd be left with simply this: relationship with God. The living, loving God of the universe has spoken throughout history, and still speaks today - not just to pastors or priests, but to anyone who will listen. God will speak to you.
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.
The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
It's not the things I don't understand about the Bible that bother me; it's the things I understand with perfect clarity and don't comply with that keep me up at night.
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