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I don't think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.
If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.
That's the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.
We're a nation of laws, but the good thing about America, is that laws reside in the people and people can change the laws.
You can use your time to build bridges or walls.The latter is not only unChristlike, it limits impact & creates loneliness.
If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry.
Any time you get serious about using your life the way God wants you to use it, there are going to be people who oppose it.
God didnt put you on earth just to read about what others do. He made you TO DO some things others will want to read about!
HALF of America pays NO taxes. Zero. So they're happy for tax rates to be raised on the other half that DOES pay any taxes.
In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.
Irrelevance happens when the speed of change outside an organization is greater than speed of change inside an organization.
Taking risks in older age is more courageous because you have more to lose. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.
We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.
What's true or right is NEVER determined by popularity or polls. The right thing is often unpopular since it's harder to do.
Building friendships with people from dissimilar backgrounds and diverse perspectives will make you wiser and more creative.
God will never love you any less or more than he does right now because his love is based on who he IS,not what you've done.
You'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!
People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.Life just has to go on!
Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.
I'm definitely not postmillennial. And I do not believe in bringing in the Kingdom by human means, in no sense of the matter.
We're going to worship in eternity. So what does God want me to do while we're here on earth? Practice. Practice worshipping.
Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.
The Bible tells us that there are some things worth fighting for. In fact, the Bible says there's some things worth dying for.
In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.
A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.
Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.
Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.
Between this day and the next you will give your life to something. The decision on what that will be will shape your destiny.
To make the most of your life you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.
Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
Many believe one can be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.
Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven't dealt with the root cause.
The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.
At the end of your life on earth you will be evaluated and rewarded according to how well you handled what God entrusted to you.
The very first task of leadership is to set the vision for the organization. If you don't set the vision, you're not the leader.
There are many pitfalls in the marathon of life. But regardless of what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace.
Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.
The bible says that all people, not just believers, possess part of the image of God; that is why murder and abortion are wrong.
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.
Wearing a mask wears you out. Faking it is fatiguing. The most exhausting activity is pretending to be what you know you aren't.
God gave us the gift of life in heaven. Many people are given this gift, but they never open it. They never do anything with it.
As a Christian, you can enjoy life because your conscience is clear. You can enjoy life because you are secure within God's love.
He (God) usually prefers to work through people rather than perform miracles, so that we will depend on each other for fellowship.
If you want to know why you were jplaced on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD
Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.
Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves that allows us to get on with our lives instead of being trapped in the past by resentment.
I first start with weep with those who weep, rejoice with those who rejoice, be sympathetic, show tenderness and brotherly kindness.
War is and always has been a brutal exercise that destroys lives, families and communities. It is never something for which we hope.