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Anyone who doesn't focus on Jesus Christ and His finished work has neither the wisdom of God nor the power of God.
I began to realize that when people experience the love of God, it casts out their fear and frees them from guilt.
Live. And live well. Breathe. Breathe in and breathe deeply. Be present. Do not be past. Do not be future. Be now.
God had a heartbeat for 18-25 years old...the vast majority of whom don't have a clue why they are on this planet.
May you keep dreaming until the day you die. May imagination overtake memory. May you die young at a ripe old age.
God's eternal plan has always been to display his glory not just through individuals but through a corporate body.
The great mercy of God was that while I was purposefully preparing God's people, He was purposefully preparing me.
If someone broke your heart it doesn't mean you should build a wall around it and quit loving. Redirect your love.
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.
If you aren't making any mistakes, you aren't innovating. If you're making the same mistakes, you aren't learning.
In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.
God gives the exact experiences he wants them to have in order to shape the specific destiny he designed for them.
Jesus is all the world to me my life, my joy, my all. He is my strength from day to day Without Him, I would fall.
I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil!
A kingdom man is the kind of man that when his feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, "Oh crap, he's up!"
A preacher who doesn't believe he's that bad will attract people who don't think they're that bad. And that's bad.
Don't get me wrong - what we do is important. But it is infinitely less important than what Jesus has done for us.
People who haven't experienced major setbacks sometimes feel that their hurts are somehow less legitimate or real.
Don't ask God to cram His plan into your puny little mind, because then God would be limited by your understanding.
Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.
As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.
Don't get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.
Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
Ritualism is nothing more than a rut and the only difference between a rut and a grave is the length and the depth.
The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability.
The faith in Christ that saves us from our sins involves an internal transformation that has external implications.
In our evil we rebel against God. We take the law of God, written in his Word and on our hearts, and we disobey it.
A person who loves community tends to destroy it. But a person who loves people creates community wherever he goes.
Faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience.
God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.
God is so clear in spelling out His attributes in scripture in order that others would know what He is really like.
I want to train my kids so where they are the only believers they can stand on their own two feet and teach others.
Every Christian needs to be informed, every Christian needs to register and every Christian should absolutely vote.
He [Tinky Winky] is purple - the gay-pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle - the gay pride symbol.
Politics must not be separated from religious values; religion must not be separated from political responsibility.
When your thoughts and opinions become intellectual gods in rebellion against the Word of God, you are in idolatry.
Those who live by the Qur'an have a scriptural mandate to kill Christians and Jews... it teaches that very clearly.
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.
Humility is not an 'added extra,' one of the lesser Christian virtues. If you don't have humility, you may be lost.
While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.
Every once in a while I have this thought, we've got to piss off the religious people. How are we going to do that?
I do believe that the Kingdom of God is present wherever Jesus is king. That's my definition of the Kingdom of God.
When real revival happens, it changes the moral climate of a community...because we've turned from our wicked ways.
God is at work in the world, and He wants you to join Him....You are the only Christian some people will ever know.
Churches know more about poverty than any government will ever know, because we're dealing with the poor every day.
Don't be ashamed to celebrate victories that may seem small to others. Only you and God know what they really cost.
God wants every local church to be the first place people think to go when they've really messed up...not the last.