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The goal is glorifying God by drawing circles around the promises, miracles, and dreams He wants for you.
God, find us on our knees because we know that when we get our knees, You extend Your powerful right hand.
We pray as if God’s chief objective is our personal comfort. It’s not. God’s chief objective is His glory.
Well-developed faith results in well-defined prayers, and well-defined prayers result in a well-lived life.
Sometimes God leads us to a place where we have nowhere to turn but to Him; our only option is to trust Him.
Even our hardest prayers are easy for the Omnipotent One to answer because there is no degree of difficulty.
Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it's about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself.
Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves.
One way to show someone you love them is to simply go out of your way for them. It's the gift of inconvenience.
The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else
If we do the little things like they are big things, then God will do the big things like they are little things.
May you keep dreaming until the day you die. May imagination overtake memory. May you die young at a ripe old age.
You don’t need to seek opportunity. All you have to do is seek God. And if you seek God, opportunity will seek you.
Prayer is the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you. Secret prayer is our secret weapon.
God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.
God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.
Sometimes we're too focused on getting out of a situation that we don't think about what we can get out of the situation.
Praying through is all about CONSISTENCY and INTENSITY. It's 'all-nighter' prayer. It just won't take 'NO' for an answer!
You can delegate a lot of things, but you can't delegate PRAYER. I'd rather have one GOD idea than a thousand GOOD ideas.
We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process.
One of our fundamental spiritual problems is this: we want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing.
Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do more.
We start dying when we have nothing worth living for. And we don't really start living until we find something worth dying for
We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing grace.
What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.
SUCCESS is not about HERE and NOW. you must pass the TEST OF TIME. the litmus test is FIFTY YEARS from now. SUCCESS is SUCCESSION.
CONVICTIONS are lessons learned from experiences we’d never want to go through again, but wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.
Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows.
Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.
Faith is not logical. But it isn't illogical either. Faith is theological. It does not ignore reality; it just adds God into the equation.
Email helps me keep in touch with my family. I wouldn't know what my extended family was doing every day if we weren't emailing each other.
Instead of dissecting Scripture, we need to let Scripture dissect us our thoughts and attitudes, our dreams and desires, our fears and hopes.
We’re too Christian to enjoy sin and too sinful to enjoy Christ. We’ve got just enough Jesus to be informed, but not enough to be transformed.
You cannot be in the presence of God and be bored at the same time. For that matter, you cannot be in the will of God and be bored at the same time.
The primary reason we lose faith is because we forget the faithfulness of God. Maybe that's why the word 'remember' is repeated 250 times in Scripture.
The healthiest and holiest people are the people who laugh at themselves the most. Failure helps us take God more seriously and ourselves less seriously.
If you are not open to the unprecedented, you will repeat history. If you are open to the unprecedented, you will change history. The difference is prayer.
Look in the rearview mirror long enough & you'll see that God has purposely positioned you everywhere you've been-even when it seemed you'd taken a wrong turn.
The more you’re willing to risk, the more God can use you. And if you’re willing to risk everything, then there is nothing God can’t do in you and through you.
God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers. He is offended by anything less. If your prayers aren't impossible to you, they are insulting to God.
In my experience, it’s much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react like one. Anyone can put on an act. But your reactions reveal what is really in your heart.
I love to read. I remember hearing that the average author takes two years to write a book. So when I read a book, I feel like I am getting two years of life experiences.
Instead of complaining about the current state of affairs, we need to offer better alternatives. [...] we need to stop cursing the darkness and start lighting some candles!
Jesus didn't die to make us safe. He died to make us dangerous! Faithfulness isn't holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell with the light and love of Jesus Christ.
I have an unshakable sense of destiny because I know that as long as I pursue God's calling on my life, then God is ultimately responsible for getting me where He wants me to go.
Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but it eventually bears fruit that blesses future generations. In fact, our prayers bear fruit forever.
Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation, sell homes or teach classes, design spaces or open franchises, prayer is a critical part of the creative process. Don’t just brainstorm; praystorm.
Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, into a gift, into a romance.
Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.
I've always believed in the power of prayer. One prayer can accomplish more than a thousand plans. That isn't a magic formula, but it's an idea that if you pray, keep praying and then praying some more.