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What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.

We're so absorbed in the effort to get rich, we no longer recognize when we are rich.

You can't resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time.

What God originates, God orchestrates.

Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.

Stop looking for solutions to problems and start looking for the right path.

Blame is a change-avoidance strategy.

The people closest to you routinely catch the flak thrown off by the explosive stuff you normally work so hard to keep hidden.

Personal Vision is often the catalyst for wise decisions.

A single act of courage is often the tipping point for extraordinary change.

Vions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed with the tension between what is and what could be.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6)

You can't give yourself fully to someone else as long as you are mastered by something else.

As your organizational authority increases, your organizational IQ decreases.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

As a believer just because you gain more fame or authority doesn't mean anything, this means you have more feet to wash

On day one, the Church wasn't for church people because there weren't any church people.

Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.

Jesus did not come to be right. He came to make disciples.

The church should be the safest place on the planet to talk about anything, including same-sex attraction.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

Nothing is more honoring to your heavenly Father than making life decisions based upon what he has claimed about himself.

Maintaining peace with God is more important than keeping pace with someone else.

You may be good. You may even be better than everyone esle. But without a coach you will never be as good as you could be.

Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.

Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve.

There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination.

All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.

When I count other people's blessings I lose sight of mine.

Leaders love progress.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you

No one ever has the resources they need.

Jesus didn't command his followers to feel something. He commanded them to do some things.

Jesus doesn't take sides; He takes over.

Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.

It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.

People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.

What breaks your heart is part of a divine design to bring change!

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

Pay the price. Embrace the vision. After all, everybody ends up somewhere in life. You have the opportunity to end up somewhere on purpose.

This is why we give up on things that break our heart because it requires change.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Direction, not intention determines your destination.

Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration.

Nobody at home should feel like they are competing with somebody at work.

If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.

Grace is inviting to the unrighteous and threatening to the self-righteous

Leadership isn't making all the decisions. It is making sure the right decisions are made.

Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. (EPHESIANS 5:21)

Your beliefs shape your attitudes!

It's unfortunate that someone can grow up hearing sermons and Sunday school lessons, yet never be captivated by the Scriptures.

Being a sinner does not disqualify you from following Jesus. It's a prerequisite.

My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.

Learning never takes place while you're talking.

There is no cramming for a test of character. It always comes as a pop quiz.

You make PEACE with your past by owning your PIECE of the past.

What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.

The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission.

God's extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others.

Often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.

If we start to dumb down what has been made clear, where does that stop?

Generosity helps us cultivate awareness of things that really matter. Opportunities that make a real difference in the world.

What does it say about us that we are rarely perplexed by the good things that come our way, only the bad?

The church must capture and keep the minds and hearts of students.

We always have more ideas than we can fund.

Praying for revival equates to blaming God for the condition of your local church.

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.

When you acknowledge your weaknesses to the rest of the team, it is never new information.

Why? Why did God provide me with more than I need?

Selfless, generous, compassionate living is unassailable.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Prov. 3:6)

Who are you and what breaks your heart?

What could be and should be can't be until God is ready for it to be.

Sometimes it is the destinations out of reach that create the circumstances God uses to remind that we are never out of his reach.

Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.

A coach, on the other hand [when compared to counseling], helps us assess the present so that we can operate more effectively in the future.

If a volunteer can help us with an immediate need, we can put them in a place to make their greatest contribution.

Every story of change there is always someone who didn't have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.

God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.

Which of these statements creates more anxiety in you: 'There is no God' or 'There is no money'?

When Nehemiah's heart was broken he paid attention to his broken heart.

Preachers' kids who gravitate toward ministry are commodities. I hire all I can. We see church differently than everybody else.

The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it.

Vision evokes emotion. There is no such thing as an emotionless vision.

As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.

Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.

Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable.

While nobody plans to mess up his life, the problem is that few of us plan not to.

God doesn't want to take your money. He just doesn't want your money to take you.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.

Success is remaining faithful to the process God has laid out for you.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

I can't make people fall in love with Jesus, but I can arrange dates.

Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.

"How" is what kills vision and dreams. Don't ask "How" until we figure out the "What". The "How" can kill the "What".

Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right.

I can go further and faster with someone coaching me than I can on my own.