Good excuses rarely collect dust. We use them, and use them, and use them.

Leaders are all about what isn't and what-needs-to-be be.

Here's something to think about: If God appeared to you and asked, "Why should I let you into heaven?" how would you answer?

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

The most significant visions are not cast by great orators from a stage. They are cast at the bedsides of our children. The greatest visioncasting opportunities happen between the hours of 7:30 and 9:30 PM Monday through Sunday. In these closing hours of the day we have a unique opportunity to plant the seeds of what could be and what should be. Take every opportunity you get.

For reasons known only to him, God has chosen to work through men and women who are willing to make sacrifices for the sake of the "thing" he has placed in their hearts to do. If God bas birthed a vision in you, it is only a matter of time until you will come upon the precipice of sacrifice.

Money comes, money goes. But your story stays with you the rest of your life.