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It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.

The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.

When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.

We need to understand that Christianity is about changing; it is not about a religion.

The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.

A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.

The future awaits those with the courage to create it.

I refused to let go of what I had.

While we would love to have no criticism, probably if we had no critique, we wouldn't be doing anything meaningful.

How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.

We may not be able to accomplish everything we can dream, but we will not accomplish anything without our dreams

The word 'entertain' means to hold someone's attention, and what we want is a faith that is vibrant and alive and beautiful and real.

True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.

Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.

Promise Keepers was looking for a movement that can actualize the hope of Jesus, the hope that we see. And 'Uprising' was what they were looking for.

A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.

To live outside of God's will puts us in danger; to live in his will makes us dangerous.

God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.

We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.

The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.

The most important moments rarely come at a convenient time

God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.

Truth should never travel faster than love.

You are an artist. What work of art will you leave behind?

Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children.

It is insanity to run from God and search for love.

We want to help everyone find meaning in their life and help translate the story that each person actually matters in the world.

It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.

People who are fully alive look out of their minds to those who simply exist.

What is the future you're creating right now?

It's a wonderful thing when you look inside your own heart and like what you see.

The person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.

We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.

The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.

I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.

Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive.

The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.

When we look at history, we see history is made up of the heroes of their times. Yet, somehow we miss this when we put on the lens of the Scriptures.

Courage frees us from the fears that would rob us of life itself.

Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.

It is amazing how much we can endure when we are convinced there is a purpose to our struggle.

We can't change history, but we can create the future.

You need to remember who God is, forget the painful wounds and let Him renew you.

Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.

The limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence.

People outside of the faith really appreciate Mosaic and really love what we're doing.

I know it sounds crazy, but as soon as Christians start telling non-Christians how to live their lives, we've lost the Christian faith.

When researchers try to break down what is happening at Mosaic, far too often they see the skin and miss the heart.

If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now.

You are both a work of art and an artist at work.

Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name.

Our job is not to change people; our job is to connect people to Jesus, and it's Jesus' job to change people.

Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.

When you're passionate about God, you can trust your passions.

The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.

God has given us an imagination, and our imagination is really the principle tool from which all creativity and artistry comes from.

I think many times Christians don't really take the opportunity to hear what people are saying and seeing in the world around them.

When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves.

I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.

Wherever and whenever God is moving in a new and fresh way, there emerges a new song!

We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.

I've worked in the business world and, as a futurist, the whole 20 years that I've led at Mosaic.

In some sense we are all hypocrites in transition.

The shape of your character is the shape of your future.

Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.

I became a Christian because I met God.

We're a part of the insurrection, trying to turn Christianity upside down. We're an experimental church: God's research and development arm.

It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.

Is it possible that the creative act is simply the materialization of the future- making the invisible, visible?

The Bible is not an antiquated text. The scriptures are the text that will lead us into the future.

Los Angeles has been known as the center of creativity but has often been equally known for the absence of spirituality.

Often we talk about God's ability to change lives without fully understanding how to access that power.

Greatness comes with discipline.

Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God.

The greatest enemy to the movement of Jesus Christ is Christianity.

We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'

The bulk of our community is probably between the ages of 20 and 34.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

My goal is to destroy Christianity.

If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.

Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.

We focus, in some ways, on how to disengage Jesus and the Bible from everything people know about Christianity as a religion.

All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.

You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it.