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As a believer just because you gain more fame or authority doesn't mean anything, this means you have more feet to wash
It's not about the church meeting your needs; it's about joining the mission of God's people to meet the world's needs.
Leaders goal: Understand the power of serving a leader further down the road than you because leadership is contagious.
Leaders goal: Don't be afraid of vulnerability & transparency, (without being pitiful). People respond to authenticity.
Vision is the ability to see God’s presence, to perceive God’s power, to focus on God’s plan in spite of the obstacles.
God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
It is in lonely solitude that God delivers His best thoughts, and the mind needs to be still and quiet to receive them.
Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.
I don't see life divided into public and private, secular and sacred. It's all an open place of service before our God.
If you entrust God with your 'here,' He will take you 'there.' If you give Him your 'now,' He will take care of 'then.'
Let's not hold anything back in 2015. We only have one life to live and this is not a dress rehearsal!! # allornothing
If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.
There is a sense in which the danger of our lives increases in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.
If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for the poor, there is reason to wonder if Christ is really in us at all
The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.
The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.
The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ.
He who fears the face of God does not fear the face of man. He who fears the face of man does not fear the face of God.
Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.
Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ.
Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.
Frankly, you need to get over yourself. It might sound harsh, but that's seriously what it means [1 Corinthians 10:31].
You find that the things you let go of while following Jesus were the things that were going to destroy you in the end.
It is not possible to achieve by vigilance in anger and revenge what the soul is longing for. The soul longs for peace.
Nothing in the Christian life is more important than forgiveness-our forgiveness of others and God's forgiveness of us.
Who influenced you? When did they influence you? How have they influenced you? What have you done with their influence?
Why are all Christians happy and praising Jesus? It's because we are not DEAD! We may be imperfect, but we aren't DEAD!
All ministry that is faithful & eventually fruitful finds its roots in the life, death, & resurrection of Jesus Christ.
God gives salvation to the needy, but gives the deep things of His heart to the hungry who refuse to live without them.
Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God's face.
Racism is stupid. It’s an insult to God, arrogantly implying that God goofed-up when he chose to make us all different.
When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust him in spite of your feelings, you worship him in the deepest way.
There is no growth if there is no change. There is no change if there is no loss. There is no loss if there is no pain.
I'm not going to get into a debate over the non-essentials. I won't try to change other denominations. Why be divisive?
The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always.
God guarantees that His Word will not return void. He doesn't guarantee that the return will be immediate. Keep sowing!
Your hands may be full of money and your brain full of information but if your heart is empty, your life is very empty.
Whatever I am today is a product of that conviction that victory through Christ is victory indeed. The rest is history.
Your prayers, effort and fasting for many years are not lost. This is the time you have been praying for. Breakthrough!
In fact, it is precisely because we have changed books that the chaos in our country has gotten worse than ever before.
God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.
The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
Study the history of revival. God has always sent revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today!
The fact that we have to discuss reality as though there were no reality is an indication of the confusion of our times.
The story line of the Bible is the story line of God taking the initiative in seeking out a people who are His very own.
It's our Christian duty to offer spiritual worship to God that engages our minds, stirs our hearts & flows from our lips
Not the one who knows the most, but the one who loves faithfully and consistently the most, is a true follower of Jesus.
Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.
I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.
Be outrageous enough to trust God. Don't be adjusting your vision downward. Keep believing for radical things in Christ.