To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.
We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.
Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.
Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.
God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.
If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing
What you pray for reflects what you believe about God.
If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.
Being consumed by what people think of you is the fastest way to forget what God thinks of you.
God will often give you more than you can handle so you can learn to depend on Him rather than on yourself.
Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.
Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.
When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders.
Offer God what you have and trust Him to give you what you need.
Most of life's battles are won or lost in the mind.
When it comes to your marriage, if the grass looks greener somewhere else, it's time to water your own yard!
The decisions you make today will determine the stories you tell tomorrow.
There is no vacation, no experience, no dream home, and no thing outside of God that can bring rest in the essence of who you are. Your soul will be restless until it finds rest in Him.
If you're not dead...you're not done.
Our greatest priority as Christian parents is to gradually transfer our children's dependence away from us until it rests solely on God.
Be careful not to blame yourself if someone rejects Christ. If you do, you might be tempted to take credit when someone accepts him.
The key to success in any organization is identifying, developing, and empowering the right people.
To reach people that no one is reaching you have to do things that no one is doing.
The pathway to your greatest potential is straight through your greatest fears!
Your life is too valuable, your calling too great, & your God too awesome to waste your life on what doesn't matter.
We don’t recruit volunteers; we release leaders. Volunteers do good things but leaders change the world.
What we value determines what we do.
You are only as strong as you are honest.
If the Devil can’t make us really bad, then he’ll try to make us really busy.
You are not who others say you are. You are who God says you are.
God doesn't want us to be happy when it causes us to do something wrong or unwise
Failure is an event, not a person. You are NOT a failure!
You see, religion alone can only take a person so far. Religion can make us nice, but only Christ can make us new. Religion focuses on outward behavior. Relationship is an inward transformation. Religion focuses on what I do, while relationship centers on what Jesus did. Religion is about me. Relationship is about Jesus
Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.
If you are not offending some Pharisees, you are not being effective.
When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle.
Don't insult God with safe living and small thinking.
If your character is not strengthening, your future is weakening.
Rather than just reacting to the waves of things that come, ride them with deliberate intention.
Lord, use me today, use me for your glory, make me bold, stir me up, give me eyes to see the needs of those I work with, give me a heart sensitive to those who are hurting, give me a prompting of the Spirit to minister to those who are around me.
All people end up somewhere in life, but few end up there on purpose.
There is no sin too great for God's grace. There is no habit too big for his healing. There is no label too strong for his love.
You want to make a big bold difference in this world? Then pray big, bold prayers.
When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.
When we look at other people comparatively and competitively, we're not seeing them as our brothers and sisters. We're not loving them more than we love ourselves, and we we're definitely not seeing them as God sees them.
The things closest to the heart of God are often the most offensive to the Pharisees.
If you are not ready to face opposition then you are not ready to be used by God.
Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU.
Passion creates motivation, which leads to innovation.
When we love deeply, love makes us do things we wouldn't otherwise do.
